Idukki: A woman was killed in a wild elephant attack at Kombanpara in Peruvanthanam on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Puthanveetil Sofiya Ismayil (45), a native of Nellivila. People of Kombanpara are staging a protest with the dead body seeking action to end human-animal conflict in the area.

The protesters restricted the officials from taking Sofiya's body for post-mortem at the Government General Hospital in Mundakayam. They declared that they would not end the protest until the district collector reach the spot.

The wild elephant reportedly attacked Sofiya near TR & T Estate around 5.30 pm on Monday. She had gone to the nearby stream in the forest range to take a bath. As she did not return home, her son launched a search and tragically found her dead. 

An official at Peruvanthanam Police Station told Onmanorama that the police officials including CI and SI already reached the protest site. 

" Natives are protesting with the dead body. The elephant attack took place in a remote area where mobile signal is not available. So, there is no information available about the current situation at the protest site," said the police officer.

Forest officials are also camping at the site. The natives alleged that the authority neglected their complaints on wild animals straying into the residential area. Kombanpara is a remote village close to the forest. Many of the people here have to cross the forest path to reach their house.

This is the second fatal wild elephant attack reported in Idukki this month. On February 6, a 57-year-old tribal man succumbed to injuries sustained in a similar incident.