Farmer trampled to death in Theni

THENI: A 58-year-old farmer from a village near Andipatti in Theni district
was trampled to death by an elephant, when he was irrigating his farm on
Monday night.

The farmer, identified as Mayi, 58, from Arasaradi village went to tend his
field in the night. He did not notice a lone elephant wandering nearby. The
elephant attacked him when he went in close range to the animal. His
body was spotted by fellow villagers who alerted the forest officers. A
team of forest officers conducted an inspection at the spot. A police team
from Mayiladumparai station also rushed there. The body was shifted to

Theni Medical College Hospital, where a postmortem was conducted.
A separate probe by police and forest officials was under way.

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