“The 50-year-old deceased has been identified as Gourango Mahato alias Buka Mahato of Letemda village. He was apparently attacked by wild elephants around 3 am on Sunday, after he had gone to his barn to investigate a sound he had heard, mistaking it for the movements of his bulls. However, an elephant was already there and trampled him to death,” Rana Pratap Mahato, Chandil ranger, told the media on Sunday.