Gundlupet: Four Forest Department personnel from the Bandipur Tiger Reserve had a miraculous escape when a wild jumbo attacked their vehicle at Omkar Range in Bandipur forest of Gundlupet taluk in the early hours of yesterday.
According to a press release by the Forest Department, the personnel, Deputy Range Forest Officer (DRFO) K.P. Amar, employees Madappa, Shivu and Rajanna, were travelling by the jeep during an operation to chase the wild jumbos that had strayed into the villages, when an irked tusker attacked the vehicle.
