BARA: A 67-year-old man died after a wild elephant attacked him on Wednesday morning.

The deceased has been identified as Indra Bahadur Thing of Nijgadh Municipality-1, Ratanpur.

An elephant attacked Thing at around 3:00 am while he was asleep.

Thing was attacked by the wild tusker while he was sleeping in the courtyard of his house. He was found dead at a nearby maize field, police said.