Elephant tramples farmhand to death

Coimbatore: A wild elephant trampled a farmhand on Siruvani Road at Selambanur near Jahirnaickenpalayam on the outskirts of the city in the week hours of Thursday.
The deceased was identified as M Kittusamy, 32, of Vellerukkupalayam village near Devarayampalayam. He was returning home from his sister’s house on a motorcycle on Wednesday night.
On Thursday morning, he was found dead with multiple injuries. The body was sent to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital for postmortem.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that Kittusamy did not notice the wild elephant in the dark and dashed his motorcycle against the animal. When he tried to escape from the elephant, it chased and trampled him to death.
After the postmortem, the body was handed over to the family members. The forest department handed over Rs 50,000 as compensation to the family members. The remaining amount of compensation of Rs 3.50 lakh will be given to the family members soon.