The cost of coexistence: Human fatalities from wild Asiatic elephant attacks

Nirmal Nagar, Yatiraj Singi, Dipen Dabhi, Binaya Kumar Bastia, Kirti Nagar, Himanshu Nagar, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , Mahatma Jyotiba Fule Ayurveda Medical College, SMS Medical College

Medico-Legal Journal

Published online on August 19, 2025

Abstract

Medico-Legal Journal, Volume 94, Issue 1, Page 52-56, March 2026.
We describe two fatal Asian elephant attacks in Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand. The first victim was a 65-year-old man found dead on a road leading to his village, which passed through a forest. He sustained multiple blunt force traumatic injuries, ...