Wild elephant kills elderly man outside house in Tamil Nadu

Palani was attacked by the wild elephant when he ventured outside his house. He was rushed to a nearby government hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead, police said.

The elephant also damaged two cars in the vicinity, they added.

Elephant kills woman in TN: 4th death in 2 months; villagers say build trenches to keep out wild animals

Previous instances

On Tuesday, 21 May, a rogue elephant had killed a farmer in the Burgur forest area in the Erode district.

According to the police, Maadhan (48) of the Bejalatti forest area in the Burgur forest range under the Erode District Forest area, who owned more than five or six cows and goats, went to the Ponnachiamman temple area in the forest to let his cattle graze. Around 4 pm on Tuesday, a rogue elephant, which strayed into the area, attacked Maadhan and trampled him to death on the spot.

The villagers informed the forest officials and Burgur police at about 6 pm, but due to low visibility, both the police and forest personnel could not reach the spot and recover the body.

The body was recovered after about 15 hours, police officials said.

In April, a 45-year-old woman was trampled to death by a rogue elephant in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR).

Sundari of Jora Oosure village near Jeerahalli forest area under STR was returning home on 30 April evening with her cattle in the forest area when a lone rogue elephant rushed at her, and trampled the woman, forest officials said.

She was seriously injured and managed to raise an alarm. On hearing her calls for help, the villagers rushed there, and the elephant ran into the forest. Sundari died later.

Amid the death, the villagers demanded that forest officials dig trenches around private lands to save them from wild animal attacks.

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(With PTI inputs)