A farmer was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Saragur taluk of Mysuru district on Friday.
The victim was identified as Prakash, 42, of Hullemala village. His body was found in a field early this morning. The elephant is suspected to have entered from the adjoining forest.
Residents staged a protest and blamed the Forest Department for not addressing the human-elephant conflict that has been on the rise in the region. The jurisdictional police from Saragur town visited the spot and registered a case.
