A 57-year-old tribal man was trampled to death by a wild elephant, and a female elephant was found dead in separate incidents near Anaikatti in Coimbatore district on Sunday, June 18, 2023.
According to the Forest Department, the victim was N. Maruthan, a resident of Senguttai tribal settlement in the Periyanaickenpalayam forest range. Officials said received an alert from the tribal community around 6.15 p.m. on Sunday, stating that Maruthan, who had gone to the reserve forest area in search of missing cattle, had not returned.
Forest Department staff, led by Periyanaickenpalayam forest range officer M. Saravanan launched a search for the missing person at 6 a.m. on Monday. They found Maruthan dead ,inside the forest around 6.45 a.m. After being alerted by the Forest Department, the Karamadai police reached the spot and took the body to the Government Hospital, Mettupalayam, for a post-mortem in the presence of the Tholampalayam village administrative officer.
