Coimbatore: A 36-year-old tea plantation worker died in Valparai after the bear attacked him on Tuesday night.
The deceased, Mohanraj, and his wife, both of them worked at Villoni Tea Estates, were on their way home after work when animals attacked them.
It dragged Mohanraj to the bushes.
The locals rushed to the place, drove out the bear and brought Mohanraj to a private hospital.
But he was declared dead.
From the Valparai Forest Genesis Office took the body to the Valparai Government Hospital for Postmortem Crowling around human settlements.
President Valpaya did not come out after an attack of dark fear of wild dresses, elephants, leopards and bears.