CHINNAKKANAAL: A 67-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant here on Saturday. Thankachan (67), residing near the Panchayat office, set out to the valley in the late hours of Saturday in order to divert the water supply to his house. Relatives and locals searched for him as there were no signs of him even after a long time. His dead body was finally found in the woods on Sunday with his head bashed open. One of his legs were fractured.

A tusker known by the name ‘Murivalan Komban’ was found roaming in this area recently. Devikulam Range Officer V.S. Sinil, Santhanpara CI T.R. Pradeep Kumar and SI V. Vinod Kumar took further actions.