Kodagu locals want that the wild elephant that attacked the farmer be caught after it murdered him

An elephant assault in the woods claimed the life of a 63-year-old farmer in Kodagu. On Monday morning, the tragedy happened in Ponnampet taluk’s Biruga village. The victim is Ayyamada Madaiah.

Madaiah left the house early in the morning to go for a stroll. But on Biruga’s main route, a lone tusker faced him. It is said that after climbing onto the road leading to an estate, he attempted to flee the area. He was hurled away by the tusker, nevertheless, and died instantly from severe head wounds.

It is estimated that the event happened around 6:45 a.m. Large crowds of farmers and locals flocked to the scene of the event and hurried over there. They organized a demonstration, chanted anti-forest department chants, and called for the department’s top executives to be present. At approximately midday, CCF Manoj Kumar Tripati, Virajpet DCF Jagannath, and Madikeri DCF Bhaskar paid a visit to the location.

The farmers and villagers expressed their pain at the authorities and promised to report the department to the police for the farmer’s death. In addition to demanding that the elephant be apprehended right away, they would not allow the authorities to move the corpse for a postmortem.

CCF Tripati promised to catch the elephant as soon as possible and acknowledged that a capture effort was still underway in Shanivarasanthe. The department promised to provide the victim’s family a pension of Rs. 4,000 per month and promptly gave them Rs. 15 lakh in compensation. on addition, they promised to drive the elephants kept on the estates back into the woods.

A postmortem was eventually approved by the people. According to reliable sources, the victim had just finished building a new home and extended an invitation to the locals for this week’s housewarming celebration.

“The agency has to start moving right now to drive the elephants back into the woods. The daughter of the victim needs to be employed by the department. Villagers and farmers would stage a large-scale protest if the department is unable to drive the elephants back into the woods, according to Chengappa, a local farmer leader.