No arrests were made a week after the death of a pregnant elephant in the Palakkad district of Kerala, standing in a river. She had eaten a pineapple stuffed with crackers, which was allegedly placed by locals. The death of the elephant and the trauma it suffered caused enormous outrage, with thousands calling for firm action against the perpetrators.
The police launched an investigation to catch the culprits and deposited a first report of information against unknown persons. The incident was revealed after a forest officer recounted the details of the horrible death on social media.
Authorities now suspect that the elephant ate the fruit in late April or early May. “We don’t know when the incident happened. But because of the famine and the shrinking elephant, we suspect it would have happened about 20 days ago,” the agent told GalacticGaming. of the Aashic Ali U forests.
The elephant’s autopsy report was released only yesterday.
The wild elephant had left the Silent Valley forest, snaking through a nearby village in search of food.
Pineapples with homemade crackers are generally used by locals to protect their fields from wild boars. Forest officials say the elephant is suspected of eating one of the pineapples.
The fruit exploded in his mouth, leading to the inevitable tragedy.
The cracker explosion in his mouth was so powerful that his tongue and mouth were severely injured. The elephant walked around the village for days, in burning pain and in hunger. She could not eat anything because of her injuries. She even returned to the wild.
Officials did not learn of the elephant’s existence until May 25, two days before its death.
The elephant finally walked to the Velliyar river and stood there. The photos showed the elephant standing in the river with its mouth and trunk in the water, perhaps for unbearable pain relief. Forest officer Mohan Krishnan, who shared the details and shared the photos on Facebook, said she had to do it to avoid flies and other insects on her injuries.
The forest authorities brought two captive elephants, called Surendran and Neelakanthan, to lead her out of the river.
After trying to rescue the elephant from the authorities, she died at 4 p.m. on May 27, standing in the water.
The elephant was brought inside the forest in a truck, where the forest officials cremated it.
