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An cultivation idiosyncratic died aft helium was attacked by a chaotic elephant astatine Pura colony adjacent Hunasehalli successful Chikkamagaluru taluk connected Monday.
Yallappa, 45, a autochthonal of Hanagal taluk successful Haveri district, was moving successful a java property belonging to Nagesh Gowda. While helium was connected the mode to his residence, a chaotic elephant trampled him to death. Yallappa had moved to Chikkamagaluru for livelihood.
Following the incident, radical gathered astatine Balehonnur successful N.R. Pura taluk, condemning the incidental and demanding a imperishable solution to the human-elephant struggle successful the area. As radical were gathering successful Balehonnur for the protest, the officers shifted the dormant assemblage to Shivamogga for the post-mortem.
The protesters, blaming the Forest Department for the death, demanded that elder officers of the territory medication conscionable the protesters and guarantee them a imperishable solution to the problem. They alleged that the Elephant Task Force had been ineffective. The section radical were not alerted astir the question of the chaotic carnal successful the area.
E. Shivashankar, DCF, met the protesters and said that the section would statesman the preparations to seizure the elephant that caused the decease by Tuesday. He besides assured them of star fences and railway barricades to debar the question of elephants into quality habitats.
Police were deployed to grip the protest. SP Jitendra Kumar Dayama and different officers visited the spot and pacified the protesters.
