<p class="title">A security guard suffered serious injuries after an elephant attacked him at Karadigodu on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The injured is Paulose Paul (34), a resident of West Bengal. He was serving as a security guard in Karadigodu. The elephant attacked him when he was walking towards his room after his night shift.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Locals shifted him to a CHC in Siddapura. Later, he was shifted to the district hospital in Madikeri for further treatment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Virajpet RFO Kallira Devaiah visited the spot. A case has been registered at Siddapura Police Station.</p>.<p><strong>'Elephant menace on the rise'</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Villagers said that the wild elephant menace is rising in Karadigodu. Herds of elephants are camping in coffee estates and are engaged in destroying coffee plants.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The labourers are unable to visit the estate for work fearing attack. The forest department should chase the elephants back to the forest, they demanded.</p>
<p class="title">A security guard suffered serious injuries after an elephant attacked him at Karadigodu on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The injured is Paulose Paul (34), a resident of West Bengal. He was serving as a security guard in Karadigodu. The elephant attacked him when he was walking towards his room after his night shift.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Locals shifted him to a CHC in Siddapura. Later, he was shifted to the district hospital in Madikeri for further treatment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Virajpet RFO Kallira Devaiah visited the spot. A case has been registered at Siddapura Police Station.</p>.<p><strong>'Elephant menace on the rise'</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">Villagers said that the wild elephant menace is rising in Karadigodu. Herds of elephants are camping in coffee estates and are engaged in destroying coffee plants.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The labourers are unable to visit the estate for work fearing attack. The forest department should chase the elephants back to the forest, they demanded.</p>