Elephant attack: Elephants in Annamaya district, death of five devotees, tragedy in Gundalakona…

Elephant attack: Five devotees of elephants attacked in Annamaya district have lost their lives. Elephant devotees attacked the forest in the Gundla Kona forest. The forest department officials were alerted after informing the injured in the incident. A herd of devotees near Shivaratri during Shivaratri at Gundla Kona of Obulwaripala Mandalam. To end this, elephants attacked the devotees.

The incident took place on the occasion of Shivaratri, the pilgrims of Yakota were going to the Gundla Kona temple. Elephants attacked devotees near the temple in the forest. Five people lost their lives on the spot. Others also seem to have been injured in an elephant attack.

The deceased was identified from Urgadapadu village of Railway Kodur Mandal. Elephants are often attacked in AP’s Rayalaseema and Uttarakhand districts. For this, last year, Kunki entered into an agreement with Karnataka. Elephant attacks are going on as kunki elephants are not yet available.