60-year-old man out for a morning stroll killed by wild elephant in Palakkad’s Dhoni

By Express News Service

PALAKKAD: A 60-year-old man was killed by a wild elephant when he went for a stroll in Palakkad’s Dhoni village on Friday.

Sivaraman, a local of Dhoni, had gone as ordinary for a stroll together with seven others at round 5.30 am. On seeing the elephant, all of the eight individuals ran helter-skelter. Sivaraman entered the paddy fields and the elephant chased him and stamped him to dying, in keeping with eye-witnesses. Sivaraman was unable to run via the paddy fields quick sufficient, they stated.

Though the sexagenarian was rushed to the district hospital, his life couldn’t be saved.

Dhoni is an space adjoining the forests however wild elephants are normally seen solely throughout the evening. Moreover, on seeing people, the tuskers normally rush again into the forests. But this time, it was a distinct story altogether with a tragic finish.

Earlier, Kumki or captive elephants have been used to chase the wild elephants again to the forests. But these kumki elephants have now been despatched again to Wayanad.

Following the dying of the person, a hartal was noticed by the CPM within the space on Friday demanding that the forest personnel be deployed to stop such assaults by wild elephants within the space.