59-year-old Banamali Das was trampled to death by a tusker in Odisha’s Keonjhar district; villagers protested as officials warned of an 18-elephant herd. A Keonjhar elephant attack killed a 59-year-old man on a forest road as officials warned villagers about an 18-elephant herd. An elephant trampled Banamali Das, an elderly man from Gopinathpur village, to death on Tuesday in the Bimala forest area, Telkoi Forest Range, Odisha's Keonjhar district.