Wild boar attacks people in Mudigere

MUDIGERE: A huge tall single-horned wild boar appeared in the town at 10 am on Monday and injured passers-by before  fleeing. The town usually witnesses a mad rush of people on Monday. The boar that appeared before V R L Lorry Transport office on J M road at 10 am injured milkwoman Ganganamakki Sarojamma. When she started screaming, V R L office boy Kiran came to rescue her but, in the attempt, he was also attacked.People assembled and tried to scare the animal. The alarmed boar ran along M G road and was seen at Azad road. On a running spree, it attacked an old woman and threw her into the gutter nearby. It hurt a bike rider coming on the road. Later, it fled the scene through Santhe Maidan.Range Forest Officer Harshavardhan visited M G M Hospital where the injured were being treated and assured of providing medical expenses to them.ACFO Srinivasa Reddy said the wild boar would be left into the forest.