Two plantation workers of a coffee estate at Kadegarje in Belur taluk in Hassan district were trampled to death by an elephant on March 11 morning.
The names of the deceased are yet to be ascertained. They were working in Sharada Estate at Kadegarje when they encountered the elephants. A herd of wild elephants has been spotted in nearby villages for the past few days. Officials of the Forest Department have reached the spot.