# Elephant kills worker in Virajpet, second attack in fortnight 2026-08-18T04:28:27+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A 34-year-old labourer from West Bengal, Gopal Bowri, was killed by an elephant inside a plantation near Maldare in Virajpet taluk on Monday. The Deccan Herald reports that the incident occurred while Bowri was working in the morning. A second man, Jadav Bowri, was injured and hospitalised. The elephant, which had a collar ID, was driven back into the forest. The victim’s family received compensation of Rs 5 lakh. This is the second fatal elephant attack in Virajpet taluk in a fortnight, following the death of a worker named Annappa on August 9. So far this year, 10 people have lost their lives in elephant attacks in Kodagu district. ## Coverage - deccanherald.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: elephant attack, Karnataka Forest Department, Kodagu, Virajpet Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/elephant-kills-worker-in-virajpet-second-attack-in-fortnight/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/elephant-kills-worker-in-virajpet-second-attack-in-fortnight/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/