Wild elephant tramples farmer to death in Madikeri

Team Udayavani, May 3, 2019, 6:24 PM IST

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Madikeri: A farmer died after he was trampled by a wild jumbo on Friday morning in Kodagu.

The deceased is identified as CK Sudha, a resident of Srimangala.

The incident took place when Sudha was returning home from a grocery shop near Kaimani village at around 7 am when he came face to face with a wild elephant.

Another villager, who witnessed the incident started pelting stones at the wild elephant. Meanwhile, a lorry driver who was on the highway also witnessed the attack and started honking at the elephant in a bid to save Sudha. But the elephant, however, trampled on Sudha’s head, killing him on the spot.

Following the incident, the villagers rushed to the spot and staged a protest demanding a permanent solution for the issue.

Speaking on the issue head of the Srimangala farmers association Nanjunda Swamy said ” If a forest department official is killed in an animal attack, the government releases a relief fund of Rs 1 crore. But, if a farmer is killed, his family gets a relief fund of Rs 5 lakh. We need permanent relief from elephant attacks.”

Madikeri Wildlife ACF Dayanand visited the spot and carried the investigation.

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