Panamaram (Wayanad) : Attacks by wild animals on humans are being reported regularly in Kerala these days. In the latest incident, a tribal woman who ventured into the forest to collect firewood was trampled to death by a wild elephant on Tuesday afternoon. The victim was Basavi (49), daughter of Masti and Bairi of Naykka Colony, Puthiyidam in Moozhimala.
A group of five tribal people had gone to the Neykuppa forest for firewood on Tuesday when it came under the attack of a solitary tusker around 2.30 pm. While the other four people in the group managed to escape, Basavi fell down while running away from the elephant. The tusker killed her at the same spot and remained near the body for several hours.
Finally, a large number of tribal people reached the spot and scared away the elephant by making loud sounds. Forest Department officials led by Pulpally ranger Abdul Samad, deputy ranger Iqbal and section forester Manikandan later shifted Basavi’s body to the hospital.
Beeran, Chandran, Kooman, Sheeba and Malu are Bairavi’s siblings.
