Jumbo menace: Elephant tracker trampled to death in Manyam
Forest department officials said Laxmi Narayana failed to escape when the animal charged at him while he was performing his duties.
By Newsmeter Network Published on 7 Feb 2023 3:39 AM GMT
Parvathipuram Manyam, February 7: A wild elephant trampled a 26-year-old man to death at Pasukudi village in Parvathipuram Manyam district on wild elephant. Identified as Lokonda Laxmi Narayana, he was a native of Savaratiddimi village in the Srikakulam district.
Forest department officials said Laxmi Narayana failed to escape when the animal charged at him while he was performing his duties. A herd of four wild elephants has been creating havoc in parts of Bhamini. They have destroyed standing cotton crops over a large swathe of land.
Based on the information from the locals, Laxmi Narayana, a trained elephant tracker, reached the Pasukudi village to drive them toward the Vamsadhara River locality by using a fire torch. However, one of the elephants went berserk and trampled him to death.
Police and forest department personnel retrieved the body from the fields. A case has been registered and the body was shifted for post-mortem. Farmers in parts of Manyam and Srikakulam districts have been appealing to the forest department officials to take some scientific steps to deal with the jumbo menace and save lives and mitigate crop loss. Forest department officials said they have submitted a proposal to deal with the jumbo menace.
