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Chennai, March 9 (Ajit Weekly News) A man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Kanniyakumari forest area on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border on Friday night, officials said.
The deceased was identified as Madhu, 37.
The tragic incident occurred on the Tamil Nadu side. Forest officials told Ajit Weekly News that with a herd of elephants still around, the body could not be retrieved yet. Police said that Madhu was killed by a wild elephant near his house.
Forest areas in Tamil Nadu and Kerala have been witnessing an increasing human-elephant conflict with several fatalities reported from the latter state in the recent period.
–Ajit Weekly News
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