COIMBATORE: A 50-year-old farmer was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Krishnagiri on Tuesday night.

The deceased, Venugopal from Naralapalli village near ‘Maharajakadai’, had gone to guard his paddy farm on Tuesday night. As he did not return home for long on Wednesday, the family members went in search and found him dead in an attack by a wild elephant.

Upon receiving the information, the Krishnagiri forest department and Maharajakadai police rushed to the spot. However, the relatives of the deceased and other villagers broke into a quarrel, alleging inaction by the forest department and attempted to block the road in protest. Later, they left the spot following talks by senior police officials. Following this, the body of the deceased has been sent for a post-mortem at Krishnag

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