Kolkata:A middle aged farmer was killed in elephant attack in West Bengal's West Midnapore district early on Sunday, officials said.

Amal Ghosh, aged around 50, was crushed by a pachyderm when he went to his potato field to gauge the extent of damage caused by a parade of 25-30 elephants.

The incident happened in Bishnupur village under Salbani police station around 2 a.m.

In the darkness of the night, Ghosh accidentally came before the pachyderm which attacked him.

The parade had vandalised substantial amount of crop land in the village.