A farmer died in an elephant attack at Sullakki in Sakleshpur taluk on Monday morning. Manjunath alias Kempanna, 52, was on the way to his farm when he encountered the wild elephant.
He is survived by his wife, a daughter, and a son. More than 70 people have died in elephant attacks in Hassan district in the last 10 years.
As the news of his death spread, the residents of Sakleshpur staged a protest blocking the movement of vehicles on National Highway 75 that connects Bengaluru and Mangaluru. Members of pro-Kannada organisations and farmers raised slogans against the Forest Department and the State government for repeated incidents of elephant attack.
