heard the grunts of an animal and dismissed it as that of pigs when he sat down the mother bear pounced on him hearing his screams villagers rushed to his rescuethe bear bit him on his hip and bottom m ravi kumar gram panchayat member said the villagers often spot leopards in the area in fact they have been preying on our cattle he added talavar received four stitches on his hips tnn jumbo tramples woman to death an elephant trampled an estate worker to death on monday kashishwari 40 was employed to pick coffee on an estate at guhya village near siddapur kashishwari had gone to pick up her lunch bag during tea break when the tusker attacked from nowhere trampling her and throwing her in the air the elephant went away as she fell unconscious with grievous injuries estate owner nanaiah shifted her to the primary health centre where she breathed her last she is survived by her husband and two children rfo vikram arrived at the spot along with police and handed over a cheque for rs 1 lakh as compensation to the family he assured the villagers that the elephants would be chased away