Panic grips Chittoor-TN border hamlets after a farmer killed in jumbo attack
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Panic gripped the hamlets close to the Chittoor-Tamil Nadu border after a nine-member herd of wild elephants fatally attacked a 52-year-old farmer at Tanjavur village of Yadamarri mandal (Chittoor dis
Panic gripped the hamlets close to the Chittoor-Tamil Nadu border after a nine-member herd of wild elephants fatally attacked a 52-year-old farmer at Tanjavur village of Yadamarri mandal (Chittoor district), 25 km from here, on Thursday morning. According to the villagers, the victim, Valligan (52), a speech and hearing impaired farmer, was reliving himself at the edge of his field abutting a pond around 6.00 am, after finishing his night vigil. Farmers in the neighboring fields were also getting ready to return home, when they spotted a nine-member herd of wild elephants marching towards the forests of Paradarami (TN), after emerging from the pond. In a few seconds, the herd starting running towards Valligan, whose back was facing the jumbos. The farmers made vain shouts to warn Valligan. Divisional Forest Officer (Chittoor West) who conducted an inquiry with eye-witnesses said that a male tusker leading the herd rushed toward Valligan, and after lifting him in the air had flung him to a distance of twenty feet. The jumbos trailing their leader had trampled him to death, while the panicky villagers ran helter skelter.More Related News
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