Farmer killed in elephant assault in Erode | Coimbatore Information – The Instances of India

Erode: A farmer was killed in an assault by a herd of elephants within the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) right here within the early hours of Sunday.A forest officer recognized the deceased as Ok Mahesh, 30, of Karalavadi village, which falls in Jeeragalli reserve forest. He stated the incident occurred when Mahesh was guarding his agricultural land at night time. “An elephant herd entered the land and began damaging the standing crops. He was attacked by a bunch of elephants and died on the spot,” the officer stated. Different farmers, who have been additionally guarding their crops in close by fields, tried to thrust back the elephant herd by bursting firecrackers, however with little success. When alerted, forest area employees chased the elephant herd away into the forest and took the farmer’s physique to the govt. hospital at Sathyamangalam for a postmortem. Pointing to the rising man-elephant battle within the space, native residents urged the forest division to discover a everlasting resolution to the difficulty. Farmers stated elephants have been usually popping out of the forest and raiding crops. They stated the household of Mahesh ought to be given a compensation of Rs25 lakh.