Coimbatore: Man killed in elephant attack in Karamadai forest range (State of Tamil Nadu, India) The Times of India June 3, 2021 COIMBATORE: A 65-year-old man was attacked and killed by a wild elephant near Kopani reserve forest boundary in the Karamadai forest range on Wednesday evening. A forest officer identified the deceased as M Karamdaiyan alias Rangasamy, a resident of Ansur tribal village in Velliyangadu panchayat. He was a dairy farmer. “The incident occurred around 4pm, when Karamdaiyan was grazing his cattle on patta land near Kopanari reserve forest boundary. A wild elephant suddenly barged towards him and attacked him, killing him on the spot,” the officer said. When the nearby villagers alerted, forest officials retrieved the body of the deceased and sent that to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital for postmortem, which would be performed on Thursday. The officer said the forest department had taken steps to issue the immediate solatium of Rs 50,000 to the family members of the elephant attack victim. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/65-year-old-man-killed-in-elephant-attack/articleshowprint/83185917.cms