Woman working in field trampled to death by tusker (Mandya) Times of India November 20, 2023 A 50-year-old woman was trampled to death by a tusker in Lalanakere in Mandya taluk on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Sakamma. Police said that a wild elephant attacked Sakamma while she was working in a sugarcane field. Labourers at the field said they were not aware of the presence of elephants in the vicinity. Sakamma was spraying fertilizer in the sugarcane field when the elephant appeared out of nowhere, and attacked and trampled her. She died on the spot. Immediately, the fellow workers fled to safety and escaped from the tusker unharmed. On learning about the incident, hundreds of villagers assembled at the spot and tried to scare away the elephant by pelting stones at it. The villagers expressed anguish against the forest officials who asked them not to pelt stones at the elephant and accused them of not initiating measures to prevent human-animal conflicts in the area. ‘Be vigilant’ Srirangapatna MLA Ramesh Babu Bandisiddegowda, who visited the spot, requested the villagers to be vigilant while working in the agricultural fields. Mandya deputy commissioner Kumara, superintendent of police N Yatish, and other officials visited the spot. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/tusker-tramples-woman-mandya-taluk/articleshow/105341851.cms