A wild boar was shot dead after it attacked and killed a 65-year-old farmer and injured two women at Haradanahalli village in Holenarasipura taluk of Hassan district on Monday, forest department officials said.
Rajegowda and his wife were working in their farmland along with a female labourer when the aggressive boar attacked the man who subsequently succumbed to his severe injuries.
His wife Shanthamma (aged 55) and the labourer Nanjamma (60) who tried to save him were also attacked. Both of them sustained injuries and were taken to government hospital in Holenarasipura and later shifted to another hospital in Hassan for further treatment, the officials said.
In a bid to control the boar from attacking others, the locals attacked the animal with sticks but to no avail.
The wild boar was on a rampage and furiously attacking others. "Because of the conflict, the wild boar had to be shot down with a gun by the forest department officials", said Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), Kumar Pushkar.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Featured Video Of The Day
Meta Fined $25.4 Million By India, WhatsApp Data Sharing Blocked For 5 Years
Dead Farmer Leaves Behind Mentally-Ill Father, Student Sister And A Loan UP Farmer Killed With Sharp Weapon Over Alleged Land Dispute, 3 Arrested: Police Interim Bail Of Minister's Son Extended In Lakhimpur Kheri Case Emergency Landing, Fliers Stuck For 3 Days In Phuket; Air India Responds Explained: Why Delhi's AQI Was 494 Today But International Monitor Said 1,600 Putin Responds To Biden's Missile Approval By Changing Nuclear Doctrine 3 Cops Suspended After Man Uses Police Jeep To Make Reel In Rajasthan 'Chidambaram Signed Deal With Myanmar-Born Militant In 2008': Biren Singh "Irregularities" In Andrew Tate's Human Trafficking Charges: Romanian Court Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.