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A 50 year old farmer was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Erode district on Thursday morning. Forest officials said that a wild, male elephant strayed into a private farm land at Adasapalayam and began to damage the standing crops. The farmer Sidhjeswaran was working on the farm with some others. He was attacked by the elephant and killed.
Local people alerted the Thookananaickken Palayam Forest Range that is located within the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve. They also managed to retrieve the farmer’s body.
A team of forest personnel rushed to the spot and managed to drive away the elephant. They are trying to chase it back into the forest.
Meanwhile, a case has been registered and investigations are going on.
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