A forest watcher suffered severe injuries in a wild elephant attack at Kanthalloor range under the Marayur Sandal division on Saturday night.
C. Mani, 34, of Vannathirai Colony in Kanthalloor, has been admitted to a private hospital at Thodupuzha in Idukki. Mani is a forest protection watcher attached to the Vannathura forest division. According to officials, the incident occurred at Koshachola near Vannathura around 8 p.m.
While patrolling with another forest watcher, Eeshwara Moorthi, at the Koshachola area, they heard sound inside the forest area. When they reached the spot, a lone tusker attacked Mani. He fell from a rock while trying to escape the tusker and was seriously injured. He was rushed to a private hospital at Marayur and later shifted to a private hospital at Thodupuzha.
