The deceased was identified as Saradha, wife of Thavasi, a native of Pettavaithalai in Trichy, forest department officials said. "She had arrived in Pattiyarkovilpathy along with her family a week ago to harvest small onions from a field at Ponnusamy Gounder Thottam near Pattiyarkovilpathy. They were staying in a house inside the farmland. Saradha had gone to attend nature's call around 6.45am. Her daughter-in-law, who ventured out in search of Saradha after she heard an elephant trumpet, found her mangled body," an official said.
The daughter-in-law alerted the villagers, who rushed to the spot and informed forest department officials. The body was sent to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) for post-mortem and was later handed over to the family.
Forest department officials gave Rs 50,000 to the family as immediate relief. They will be given Rs 3.5 lakh soon as compensation, department officials said.
"We had warned the villagers not to venture into agriculture fields till 8am as there were a lot of elephants in the area," an official said.
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