The elephant which strayed into Telangana from Maharashtra killed another farmer in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district on Thursday morning. The tusker trampled 55-year-old Karu Poshanna from Kondapally village while he was working in his agriculture field.
The male elephant initially attacked Alluri Shankar of Burepally village, also a farmer, leading to his death on Wednesday. Telangana Forest department stated that the elephant got separated from the herd which had entered Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district from bordering Chhattisgarh.
Section 144 of Cr Pc has been imposed in five mandals, namely Chinthala Manepally, Dahegaon, Penchikalpet, Sirpur-T, and Bejjur, in order to control people from venturing out into the agricultural fields or forest.
