Udhagamandalam: An elephant trampled an estate worker to death in a forest range in Gudalur late on Monday.
Officials said K Balusamy, 52, an estate worker in Gudalur division, accidentally came in the way of a lone tusker when he was heading to a shop one km away from his house on Monday night.
The tusker trampled him to death, a forest official said. His body was taken to the government hospital in Gudalur for a postmortem, which was held on Tuesday.
Sumesh Soman, district forest officer, Gudalur division said, “Despite several cautionary messages against elephant movement on WhatsApp groups in that area, the victim ventured out late in the night.” tnn