A construction worker from West Bengal died after he was attacked by an elephant at Ankihalli in Belur taluk on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as Dipak Ray, 54, a native of Malda district in West Bengal. He encountered the elephant while he was on his way to a shop in the village in the evening.
Seriously injured Dipak Ray was taken to a hospital in Sakaleshpur and from there he was shifted to Hassan, where he succumbed.