Wild elephant attacks woman in broad daylight

Siddapur, May 21: A wild elephant attacked a woman worker in broad daylight, injuring her, in Bajekolli under Badaga-Banangala village limits near Siddapur. Locals have informed that a wild elephant suddenly came from a coffee plantation near her house when Aisha (58), a resident of Paisari in Bajekolli, had gone to work in a nearby coffee plantation and was walking home on foot at around 3.30 pm after finishing her work.

Aisha was attacked by a wild elephant and suffered injuries to a part of her face, hands, legs and chest. While the injured woman was screaming, locals reached the spot, picked up the woman and took her to Siddapur Community Health Center in a car and gave her first aid. Aisha was sent to the Madikeri District Hospital for further treatment. The attack by a wild elephant in broad daylight has created panic among the villagers. The workers are terrified. The villagers said that a lone elephant has been roaming around in this area for the past few days. Following a complaint from the villagers to the Forest Department officials about the attack by a wild elephant, the Forest Department staff, under the guidance of Thitimathi Zone Forest Officer Gangadhar and Sub-Zone Forest Officer Shashi, visited the hospital and inspected it. The Forest Department staff also conducted operations in the coffee plantations of Bajekolli, Matha and Alethopu areas under the Badaga-Banangala village limits.

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