A 34-year-old husbandman was trampled to decease by a chaotic elephant adjacent Bangalapudur successful Erode district, adjacent to the Talamalai Reserve Forest.
According to the police, the deceased, Periyasamy, 34, of Kongarpalayam village, was unmarried and cultivated turmeric connected fractional an acre of onshore bordering the wood area. As elephants often strayed into fields and damaged crops, villagers often guarded their farms astatine night.
Around midnight connected Saturday (September 20), portion Periyasamy was keeping ticker astatine his field, a herd of chaotic elephants entered the vicinity. Alarmed, helium tried to alert neighbouring farmers and attempted to thrust the elephants backmost into the forest. During the effort, 1 of the elephants charged astatine him and trampled him. He was killed connected the spot. The elephant aboriginal retreated into the forest.
On Sunday morning, his parent arrived astatine the workplace and recovered his body. She instantly informed neighbours, who successful crook alerted Bangalapudur constabulary and Forest Department officials.
The constabulary recovered the assemblage and sent it for post-mortem examination. An enquiry is on.
