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Tea estate worker killed by elephant

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Udhagamandalam: A middle-aged worker of an estate was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Pandalur, about 80 km from here, in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.

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The worker of the tea estate Karuppaiah had gone out to answer nature's call when the elephant chased and killed him, they said.

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On information, forest and police officials went to the spot and shifted the body for a postmortem at the government hospital in Gudalur.(PTI) 

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