Senior IFS officer trampled by elephant in Nagarhole

March 03, 2018 03:41 pm | Updated 06:00 pm IST - Mysuru

Senior IFS officer S. Manikandan

Senior IFS officer S. Manikandan

Senior IFS officer S. Manikandan (45), who was the Conservator of Forests and Director of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, died under tragic circumstances when he was attacked by a wild tusker in the jungles on Saturday.

The incident took place in the D.B. Kuppe range where the officer had gone to assess the damage to forests cause by a minor fire, near Kakanakote close to the Kabini backwaters. Though the information from the site of the tragedy is sketchy, officials said Manikantan, who was accompanied by a few staff, was walking to take GPS reading when a lone tusker attacked the group from behind. Manikantan suffered serious injuries. He was rushed to a hospital in H.D. Kote, where he was declared dead.

The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Jayaram confirmed the incident but was in a state of shock to provide additional information.

Manikandan was a 2001 batch officer and from Madurai in Tamil Nadu. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. An official confirmed that the post mortem will be performed at the K.R. Hospital in Mysuru after which the body would be taken to Madurai for last rites.

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