Tamil Nadu: Elephant tramples woman to death near Gudalur, second incident in 2 days

Malu, 40, was attacked and killed by the wild elephant past midnight on Saturday near her house in Ovalley Farm

|May 28, 2022, 14:18:11 IST

Udhagamandalam: A 40-year-old woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant in the early hours of Saturday, when she had allegedly gone to answer nature's call outside her house near Gudalur in Nilgiris district, the second such incident in the last two days, police said.Malu was attacked and killed by the wild elephant past midnight on Saturday near her house in Ovalley Farm. Forest department officials rushed to the spot and sent the body to Gudalur Government Hospital for post-mortem.On 26 May, one Anandan was attacked by a wild elephant near Aruttuparai in Ovalley, resulting in his death on the spot, when he was going to open his tea stall around 6 am. Both the deaths led to protests by the villagers.Forest department officials immediately swung into action and brought two kumkis (tamed elephants) from Mudumalai Tiger Reserve to drive out the wild elephant. Following the twin deaths, agitated villagers demanded the department, which is carrying out operations, to take immediate measures to drive out five other elephants roaming around nearby villages and protect the local residents.The department also issued a warning to the villagers not to venture out and not to go to nearby estates alone, due to the elephant menace.Read all the Latest News, Trending News, Cricket News, Bollywood News,India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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