75-year-old doctor dies in suspected elephant attack

Coimbatore: In a suspected case of an attack by a wild elephant, a 75-year-old siddha doctor was found dead on Wednesday in the jungles of Vellingiri Hills near here, police said.

Kitty of Mullankadu tribal village had left home for the hills on Tuesday afternoon to collect medicinal herbs and did not return, the police said. Kitty's family grew anxious as he would usually be back home by dusk, they said.

Since it was dark already, the villagers went in search of him this morning and found his body with injuries apparently caused by an elephant, the police said.

However, forest officials and policemen moved the body to the government hospital here for a post-mortem.