Devikulam range in Keralam’s Idukki witnesses three deaths due to wild elephant attack in four months

Areas under the Devikulam forest range in Idukki continues to remain a death trap for people amid recurring wild elephant attacks. According to officials, three people have lost their lives in encounters with elephants here over the past four months.

The latest victim was identified as Shiv Kumar, 30, a migrant labourer hailing from Madhya Pradesh, who was trampled to death by a wild elephant near Ayyanpara in Santhanpara on Thursday night.

Shiv Kumar worked at a cardamom plantation in Ayyanpara and lived in a temporary shed with his colleagues. On Thursday evening, he and a co-worker visited Pethotty. On the way back, they were attacked by a wild elephant. His companion managed to escape without injuries.