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65-Yr-Old Trampled to Death by Jumbo, Locals Go on Protest Rally
The New Indian Express Vellore
|June 20, 2025
YET another human life has been claimed by wildlife. A 65-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Machikolli in Devarsholai Panchayat near Gudalur on Wednesday night.
The deceased, B Arumugam, was found dead on the road by his son near their house at 8 pm on Wednesday.
Arumugam's relatives and local people didn't allow the police to take the body to the Gudalur Government Hospital for postmortem.
The protesters relented after District Forest Officer (Gudalur) Venkatesh Prabhu and Gudalur Deputy Superintendent of Police Vasantha Kumar assured a meeting with the Gudalur Revenue Divisional Officer Sangeetha on Thursday. After more than five hours of protest, the body was shifted to the hospital by 2 am on Thursday.
This story is from the June 20, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Vellore.
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