By our correspondent
Thrissur: March 05 (IVC) Two senior citizens one woman by a wild elephant by a wild elephant in district and a farmer in Kozhikode district by a bison were killed today.
A 71-year old woman Indira , wife of Ramakrishnan, was tramped to death by a wild elephant at Nerya Mangalam near Kothamangalam in the Ernakulam District yesterday. The mishap occurred when she was carrying tea to her husband who was working at the rubber estate. With today’s two deaths, the number of persons who became preys of the wild animals play rose to three in two days, police said.
A sixty-four year old woman Valsala , wife of the Ooru Mooppan Rajan was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Vaachumaram colony near Peringalkuth in the District today.
The police said that the mishap occurred when she was gathering forest produce for earning livelihood. The efforts were being made to bring the body out of forest.
In another wild animal’s attack a 69-year old farmer was gored to death at Kakkayam in the Kozhikode by a bison this after. The mishap occurred when the farmer Paalatty Abrham was standing in his farmland looking after the crops, police said.
