A 70-year-old man was trampled to death by an elephant at Thodakayam near Kothamangalam on Thursday. The man was returning home after visiting his relative who was also attacked by an elephant.
John Abraham was returning from the hospital where his brother-in-law was admitted and was walking home at Vettampaara, Thodakayam after getting down from a KSRTC bus.The man immediately died after the animal attack. An FIR of unnatural death has been lodged at Kuruppamapady police station. The body will be handed over to kin after postmortem.