Residents of Dhaliyur in Pannimadai village in Coimbatore district live in fear as a female wild elephant and its calf continue to damage houses by breaking open doors and windows.
They damaged the doors of three houses in the early hours of Wednesday and a couple suffered injuries when they tried to hold the door firm.
Farmers from the locality said the elephants approached the house of Nataraj around 1.45 a.m. and damaged the front door of the house.