ELEPHANTS
STRIKE TERROR IN PATHANAMTHITTA,PALAKKAD
ആന ഡോക്ടര് ഗോപകുമാര്
ആനയുടെ കുത്തേറ്റ് മരിച്ചു
The
mahout had a narrow escape after the animal shoved him aside with its trunk.
The elephant briskly marched down the road and ambushed a car parked nearby.
The vehicle got crushed in the offensive. It then went on to drag a mini-lorry
for over 50 metres before toppling the vehicle. The animal also uprooted some
coconut trees on the wayside.Dr. Gopakumar said the elephant was not in musth.
The elephant had killed five mahouts earlier. It was in the news recently after
it crushed to death a mahout near Alappuzha before walking all the way to its
‘home' temple at Nannoor.A police team led by Circle Inspector (Thiruvalla)
Vinu Varghese and sub-inspector G. Santhoshkumar reached the spot and blocked
vehicular traffic on T.K. Road. A large number of people had assembled by then.
Traffic remained disrupted for over two hours.In Palakkad, the incident
occurred at the festival at Parakkoottikavu, near Kulappully, at night. The
people injured are Arun, 24, of Thonurkara; Pushpan, 34, of Palakkad; Mohandas,
55, of Karakkodi, Mundukotturkurissi, and Aneesh, 18, of Kootanad.They have
been admitted to a private hospital at Vaniyamkulam, the police said. They were
injured while trying to escape. The elephants were brought under control by the
mahouts and the police.
Prof. John Kurakar
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