Chennai, May 15 (BPNS)
The rogue wild tusker, ‘Arikomban’ who was relocated from Kerala’s Chinnakal forest area in Idukki to Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) after local people complained of his killing people, has destroyed a ration shop.
There were reports of the elephant killing 11 people and destroying more than 300 ration shops in the Chinnakanal area of Idukki district.
The elephant destroyed a ration shop at Manalar estate in Tamil Nadu but it was not successful in taking rice from the shop.
This rogue wild elephant was named ‘Arikomban’ after it frequented ration shops and ate rice. ‘Ari’ is the Malayalam terminology for rice and ‘Komban’ means tusker.
The elephant was captured by darting it with tranquilizers and relocated to Periyar Tiger Reserve, around 110 km from Chinnakanal. The elephant was fitted with a radio collar and the Kerala forest department has been monitoring the movement of the elephant.
However, for the past few days, the elephant has been frequenting the Tamil Nadu forest area which is adjacent to Periyar Tiger Reserve as also the elephant was found on the roadside in Tamil Nadu.
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