A 30-year-old tribal woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant in the Meppadi forest range under the South Wayanad Forest Division on Thursday morning.
The police identified the deceased as Mini, wife of Suresh of the Parappanpara Kattunayakka tribal settlement in the Mupainad grama panchayat limits in the district. Suresh suffered severe injuries in the attack.
The incident took place near their settlement, which is nearly 10 km from Vaduvanchal town in the district, on the Wayanad-Malappuram border, Forest department sources said.
