A herd of more than 70 elephants that roamed into the Kiralogama area in Thalawa in the early hours of yesterday morning caused much havoc and trampled a villager to death. The victim E.M.P.

The residents of Kekirawa are perturbed over the on going destruction of Kossokanda state forest in Maradankadawala by an organized group of timber racketeers under political patronage.