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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Rahul Gayakwad | TNN

Maharashtra: Forest labourer killed in Tusker attack at Ajara in Kolhapur

KOLHAPUR: A forest labourer Prakash Govind Patil (54) resident of Gawase village in Ajara district got killed in Tusker (elephant) attack that took place while the elephant eviction campaign was underway by the forest department officials. The incident took place in the forest area of Ghatkarwadi village in Kolhapur district at around 11am.

On Saturday from 9am onwards, a campaign to evict the Tusker which had caused menace in the Ghatkarwadi village surroundings from last eight days was undertaken by forest department staff and villagers. The forest department labourers were giving different kinds of call to shoo away the Tusker.

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