In a sixth incident in the area for 45 days, a 60-year-old woman was killed in an attack by a wild elephant in Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh, a forest official said on Tuesday.

The victim identified as Etwari Bai was attacked by an elephant in the forest near Kharijhariya village on Monday evening when she was gathering mushrooms, said Krishna Kumar Jadhav, Divisional Forest Officer (Jashpur). The kin of the deceased was given immediate relief of Rs 25,000, he said.