Mananthavadi: UDF and LDF have announced a hartal tomorrow in Wayanad in the wake of one more death in the Katana attack.
Now BJP has also announced hartal. The hartal will be from 6 am to 6 pm tomorrow.
The hartal demanded a permanent solution to the problem of wild animals in the district where 3 people were killed in 17 days and the central and state governments should intervene immediately.
Pulpalli Packam Vellachal Paul (55), an employee of the Kurua Island Tourist Center, who was injured in the attack by a wild cat, succumbed to his death at the Kozhikode Medical College.
The elephant attacked at Cherimala junction at 9.30 in the morning. Paul, an employee of the Kurua Island Forest Protection Committee (VSS), was on his way to work when he was confronted by the herd of elephants.
Paul said that when he got scared, he fell down and was kicked by the wild boar that came after him. Colleagues who came to know about the incident took Paul to Mananthavadi Medical College Hospital.
Later, after Paul's health deteriorated, he was shifted to Kozhikode Medical College Hospital.
