Farmer killed in elephant-attack in Chittoor; Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan condoles death, announces ex-gratia

In a tragic incident, farmer Ramakrishna Raju (55) chewed on Sunday, July 27 (27 July 2025) by a lot of wild elephants in the village of Kothuru in Somala Mandal.

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According to information received, one night watch, the victim, the nearby bushes and entered the field of the flock entered the flash attack. Sudden accusation left the farmer desperate. The villagers reported to the forest officials that they had seen more than 16 elephants in the herd and that they were camping in a nearby water body in the morning and raided crops after the twilight for the last three days.

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Deputy Prime Minister Pawan Kalyan offered the death of the farmer and expressed solidarity with family members. He said that the former Gratia will be given and that forest officials will direct wild elephants to increase corrective measures to prevent them from entering human settlements. Meanwhile, the body of the farmer was shifted to the regional hospital in Somala for Postmortem. A case was recorded.