<p>Madikeri, Karnataka: A 60-year-old man died in a suspected elephant attack near Galibeedu village in Kodagu district, officials said on Monday.</p><p>Achchappa was returning home after his daily labour on Saturday evening when the incident happened in the foothills of Nishane Betta, they said.</p><p>Some passerby found the victim's body on Sunday morning and informed the police, officials said.</p>.As domesticated elephant numbers dwindle, temple festivals in crisis in Kerala.<p>When officials reached the spot, they found footmarks of an elephant in the vicinity.</p><p>"Elephant dung was spotted, and some trees were also uprooted,' a senior forest official said. 'After the post-mortem, the doctor also opined the cause of death to be elephant attack." </p><p>Achchappa was unmarried and living alone, he added.</p>
<p>Madikeri, Karnataka: A 60-year-old man died in a suspected elephant attack near Galibeedu village in Kodagu district, officials said on Monday.</p><p>Achchappa was returning home after his daily labour on Saturday evening when the incident happened in the foothills of Nishane Betta, they said.</p><p>Some passerby found the victim's body on Sunday morning and informed the police, officials said.</p>.As domesticated elephant numbers dwindle, temple festivals in crisis in Kerala.<p>When officials reached the spot, they found footmarks of an elephant in the vicinity.</p><p>"Elephant dung was spotted, and some trees were also uprooted,' a senior forest official said. 'After the post-mortem, the doctor also opined the cause of death to be elephant attack." </p><p>Achchappa was unmarried and living alone, he added.</p>