Coimbatore: A security guard with a real estate firm was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Kovaipudur here on Tuesday morning when he went to attend nature’s call.
The deceased was identified as R Muthusamy, 62, of Arivozhi Nagar at Madukkarai. The firm where he works is situated about 500 meters from the reserve forest of Boluvampatti block in Madukkarai range. Forest department officials said the area was frequented by elephants.
As there were no facilities for Muthusamy to relieve himself, he came out of the premises around 6am. Suddenly, he was attacked by an elephant and he died on the spot, a forest officer said.
Man trampled to death by elephant near Coimbatore
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Man trampled to death by elephant in Coimbatore
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Coimbatore: Health minister Ma Subramaniam on Tuesday inspected zika virus prevention activities at Walayar check post and in small villages along the Kerala border, including Mavuthampathy panchayat. He said prevention of mosquito breeding, particularly aedes aegypti mosquitoes, was the only way to keep zika virus at bay. He said the state didn’t have a single zika virus case presently.
The minister, accompanied by food minister R Sakkarapani, health secretary J Radhakrishnan and director of public health Dr T S Selvavinayagam, inspected the fever camp at Mavuthampathi village near Madukkarai. They also inspected a few houses in the panchayat to check for mosquito breeding sources as part of stepping up virus prevention measures.
Tamil Nadu health minister inspects Zika prevention activities on Kerala border | Coimbatore News
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