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A 55-year-old pistillate and her three-year-old granddaughter were trampled to decease by a chaotic elephant adjacent Valparai successful Coimbatore territory aboriginal connected Monday (October 13, 2025).
The deceased were identified arsenic Asala and her granddaughter Hemasree, residents of a labourline successful a beverage property connected Pollachi-Valparai Road.
Forest Department officials said that Asala had been residing with her lad Marimuthu, his wife, the couple’s son, and girl Hemasree. The property falls wrong the limits of the Valparai wood scope of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve.
As per preliminary reports, a chaotic elephant knocked connected a model of their residence astir 3.45 a.m., pursuing which Asala carried Hemasree and opened the beforehand door. The elephant rapidly moved to the beforehand doorway and attacked the pistillate with its trunk. The miss fell and was trampled to decease by the elephant. The carnal attacked Asala again, leaving her critically injured.
Though Asala was rushed to the Government Hospital astatine Valparai, she succumbed to her injuries earlier reaching the hospital, Forest Department officials said.
After being alerted astir the incident, the Forest Department sent 3 anti-depredation watchers to the determination and drove retired the elephant.
