Wayanad (Kerala), March 4 A farmer died in Sulthan Bathery on Wednesday morning, reportedly due to an elephant attack.
According to local residents of Vadakkanad in Sulthan Bathery, the victim, Rajeev, had gone to drive away an elephant that had entered his farm.
However, when he did not return, they checked and found him lying on the ground with elephant footprints around him, a local resident told a TV channel.
Meanwhile, a senior forest official said they cannot confirm that the man died in an elephant attack, and the cause of death will only be confirmed after a postmortem.
The residents of the region also said that they have protested many times against animal attacks. They claimed they receive very little compensation for crop loss.
They also said that the makeshift fence setup there was "ineffective and a waste of money".
