Elderly man killed, woman injured in jumbo attack
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An aged man was killed and a woman was critically injured when a wild elephant attacked them at Bommavaripalle village of G.D. Nellore mandal, 15 km from right here, on Wednesday.
Divisional Forest Officer (Chittoor Wildlife East) G.G. Narentheran stated that two elephants have been on the transfer in direction of the west division after leaving the Nagari plains of Karveti Nagaram and Puttur ranges. In this course of, the 2 acquired separated. While one elephant crossed into the forests close to Kanipakam and entered the West division, one other was nonetheless lingering on the outskirts of Chittoor.
An aged man, Vajravelu (65) was trampled by the elephant, which later attacked a woman farmer (55) a couple of meters away, earlier than shifting nearer to the Bengaluru-Tirupati nationwide freeway.
‘Condition stable’
Both the injured have been rushed to General Hospital at Chittoor. Vajravelu, who suffered a number of fractures, was rushed to SVRR Hospital at Tirupati, the place he succumbed to accidents. The woman’s situation at Chittoor hospital was stated to be secure.
The DFO stated that the lone elephant, which attacked the 2, was a member of the three-member “bachelor’s group”, which entered Chittoor district from Tamil Nadu forests in early January.
While one elephant was electrocuted close to Puttur a few days in the past, the second crossed into the west division on Tuesday night time. The current one on prowl close to Chittoor could be pushed into the forests, he stated.
The bachelor’s group had earlier killed an evening watchman at a mango orchard close to Puttur on May 9, apart from injuring 4 villagers in the Nagari plains in separate incidents.
“Due to the presence of the lone elephant, we have arranged tom-tom in the villages on its possible path towards forests, asking people not to venture out at nights, and also to move in groups. We have deployed our field staff to monitor its movement and prevent it from moving into human habitations,” Mr Narentheran stated.
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