Cox’s Bazar: A man and his son-in-law were trampled to death by wild elephants at Sapergara in Pekua upazila of Cox’s Bazar early Thursday.

The deceased are Syed Ahmed, in his sixties, and Syed’s son-in-law Mohammad Alamgir, around 26 years, both residents of ward no. 5 under Shilkhali union of the upazila.

Quoting local people, of Shilkhali union chairman Nurul Hossain said a herd of wild elephants descended the nearby hill and started to damage freshly harvested paddy at about 4:30am.

As Syed and Alamgir tried to shoo off the elephants they were trampled to death by the mammoths on the spot.