DH News Service, Somwarpet: A wild elephant attacked a farmer and injured him at Chikkara in Gowdalli on Sunday. The injured has been identified as G V Appaswamy. The incident occurred when he was walking towards his field in the morning. Though his wife alerted the neighbours, by the time they reached the spot, the elephant disappeared in the coffee estate. Though he was shifted to Primary Health Centre in Gowdalli, later he was shifted to Hassan hospital for further treatment. RFO Keshvegowda visited the spot. The wild elephant has been residing in the coffee estate and has started chasing those who walk on the road. Villagers urged the RFO to chase the elephant back to the forest. Arrangements were made to chase the elephant with the help of four armed staff. Villagers of Hirikara, Koogooru, Chikkara, Gowdalli, Heggula staged a road block and expressed their anger over the forest department's failure to check the wild elephant mence and urged the department to distribute compensation to the family. The protest was withdrawn after ACF M Shashidhar who visited the spot and assured to pay a compensation of Rs 10,000 to the family of the injured.