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An adjunct bushed wood serviceman was killed successful an elephant onslaught during the ongoing tiger census successful Attappady wood connected Saturday afternoon.
Kalimuthu, 48, a nonmigratory of Nellippathy, was walking done the wood with 2 chap officers astatine Mulli, adjacent Tamil Nadu border, erstwhile the elephant attacked him.
The incidental occurred astir 2 p.m., astir 2 kilometres wrong the forest. Kannan and Achuthan were accompanying Kalimuthu astatine the time. Although Mr. Achuthan was caught betwixt the elephant’s legs, helium managed to flight with insignificant injuries.
Kalimuthu, however, was seized by the elephant and trampled. He died connected the spot.
Forest Rapid Action Force unit recovered Kalimuthu’s assemblage aft a hunt operation.
A fewer days ago, a five-member wood squad had been trapped successful the aforesaid country adjacent Mulli during the archetypal signifier of the tiger census. However, they returned safely aft spending the nighttime successful the forest.
