Palakkad, March 11 -- A temporary forest officer attached to the Thiruvizhamkunnu forest station was trampled to death by a wild elephant while attempting to drive a two-member herd of tuskers back into the forest at Karadiyott near Mannarkkad, on Tuesday.
According to police, the deceased was identified as Shaiju (28).
The incident took place around 4 PM, when a team of ten forest officials was engaged in driving the herd from a residential area in Karadiyott. One of the tuskers had already moved back into the forest when the other suddenly charged towards the officials.
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