Elephants kill one in Pakur

Pakur, Dec 18 (UNI) A 30-year-old man was run over by group of wild elephants at Khaksa
village under Pakuria block of this district.

The deceased has been identified as Julius alias Emanuel Hembrom (30). Yesterday night a
group of elephants had reached in the various villages of Pakurai block and while the people
gathered to chase them away the deceased accidentally fell and was later crushed by the
elephants.

Pakur DC Kuldeep Chowdhary said that a person was killed by a group of elephants in Pakuria
block and to ensure that such incidents do not take place in future necessary instructions have
been given to the BDOs, police stations and forest department. He said that the elephants have
been chased away from the borders of the district.

The DC said that a flying squad will be prepared by the forest department to address the
elephant menace and a helpline number would be issued so that information regards movement
of elephant can be received. The district administration gave Rs 10,000 as immediate
compensation to the kin of the victim to perform his last rites while another 90,000 was
deposited in the bank by the forest department.

The remaining compensation of Rs 3 lakh would be provided after completing the formalities.

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Wild elephants trample elderly woman to death in Nilgirs

Udhagamandalam: An 83-year-old woman was trampled to death by wild elephants near Nadugani in Gudalur taluk in the Nilgiris on Thursday when she was going to the toilet located outside her house.

The deceased was identified as K Chinnakaruppaye, 83, of Amaikulam. “She came out of her house around 6.30am to go to the toilet located outside it. Two female elephants roaming there attacked her and she died on the spot,” said P K Dileep, district forest officer, Gudalur division.

The body was sent to the Gudalur government hospital for postmortem. After the autopsy, the body was handed over to her family members.

“An initial compensation of 50, 000 was handed over to the family members of the deceased. After procedural formalities, the remaining 2.50 lakh will be issued to them,” Dileep said.

Meanwhile, the elephants were chased away from the residential locality. “We are monitoring the movement of elephants to avoid further casualty,” the forest official said.

 


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