A wild elephant attack killed a farmer. The victim was identified as a father of five children, 73-year-old Thambirasa Paramananthan of Thumbancholai in the Chenkalady-Badulla Road in 40th division of Periya Pullumalai village.
He was tending cattle when the elephant approached him. Seeing it, he tried to run away but fell down and the elephant had trampled him.
The body was sent to the Chenkaldy divisional hospital for postmortem.
Coroner M.S.M. Nazeer conducted the inquest.