Mysore/Mysuru, April 28 -- The Forest Department has restricted tourist entry to Sangama and Mekedatu in the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary till May 3, following an incident in which a wild elephant injured a woman.

With summer drawing large crowds, the riverbank spots have been seeing a heavy inflow of visitors from Mysuru, Bengaluru, Mandya and other places.

On Apr. 23, while hundreds of tourists were bathing and playing in the river at Sangama, a lone tusker suddenly emerged from the forest and ran through the crowd.

While trying to cross the river and chase a cow, the elephant brushed against a woman from Bengaluru who was in the water. Though it did not attack her directly, she sustained a leg injury. Forest personnel rescued her and ...