Kollegal: Seven people sustained pellet injuries when Forest Department personnel opened fire to scare a herd of elephants that had camped in paddy fields at Madhuvanahallli in Chamarajanagar district yesterday.
Some of the injured have been admitted to K.R. Hospital as there are no facilities for scanning at Kollegal. The injured have been identified as Sujith, Siddhartha, Raghuveer, Mahesh, Praveen, Siddhartha and Darshan. They are the residents of Anjaneyapura near Madhuvanahallli. While some have received pellet wound near neck region, some others have sustained injuries on their abdomen and hands.
