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60-yr-old man killed in Indian gaur attack at Kodaikanal

Dindigul: A 60-year-old man was killed in an attack by an Indian gaur near Thandikudi in Kodaikanal hills. The incident took place in a coffee plantation on Thursday evening.

The deceased was identified as Rajakili, a daily wage labourer from Kanal village. He had gone to the coffee plantation for work on Thursday morning and did not return home in the evening.



When the family members went in search of him, he was found dead under suspicious circumstances.

On being alerted, a police team from the Thandikudi police station rushed to the spot and confirmed that he was killed in an attack by an Indian gaur.

A forest department team too reached the spot and conducted an inquiry.

Farmers association have urged the forest department to take steps to bring down the man-animal conflict prevailing in Kodaikanal.

Posters were also pasted highlighting the plight of farmers.

Bhartiya Kisan Sangh has said that many farmers have been killed in attacks by elephants and Indian gaurs in the last few years.

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