Sources said that elephant Karthik (7) trampled Mani (47), a mahout to death while he was providing fodder.
The incident occurred at five o clock in the evening. Last month on April 17 the same elephant had killed a mahout Annu (45).
The autopsy of the deceased was conducted at Siddapur government hospital and the police officers have registered a case.
Speaking to reporters DCF Surya sen said that after attacking mahout last month, the forest officials had alerted all the mahouts and Kavadis to be careful while handling the elephant .
"The elephant is particularly allergic of alcohol and if anyone goes near to it by consuming alcohol it attacks" he added.
Comment: Since April there has been a spate of attacks by domesticated elephants on their handlers in Asia:
Domesticated elephant kills tour owner in Indonesia
Elephant runs amok, kills mahout in Parassala, India
Domesticated elephant kills mahout and injures another in Karnataka, India
Elephant kills mahout in Tamil Nadu, India
Elephant tramples its owner to death in Cambodia