COIMBATORE: A 60-year-old farmer was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Coimbatore on Tuesday night. According to the forest department, Shanmugasundaram from Palladam in Tirupur was involved in farm work by staying near Molapalayam in Coimbatore outskirts over the last one year.

He had gone to attend nature’s call in the farm, when a wild elephant emerged from the dark and attacked him. The farmer succumbed to injuries on the spot. On receiving information, a team of forest department staff from Madukkarai arrived and sent his body for post mortem at Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).

Villagers have urged the forest department to take up patrolling in their neighbourhood as a wild elephant has been frequenting the area in recent days.