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An elephant turned unruly and ran amok adjacent Vempally present connected Wednesday, injuring 1 of its mahouts and throwing the country into panic for implicit 2 hours.
The tusker, Vylassery Arjunan, ran amok portion being transported backmost to Balussery connected a motortruck aft taking portion successful a temple festival. All attempts by its 2 mahouts to bring it nether power failed. The injured mahout, 42-year-old Salim of Moothedam, was rushed to the Kottayam Medical College Hospital.
When the lorry reached Vempally, the information chains securing the elephant loosened. To hole them, the mahouts brought the elephant down onto the MC Road. Hearing the sound of passing vehicles, the elephant panicked, ran amok, and overturned a fewer advertisement boards on the roadside. When the mahouts tried to restrain the animal, it turned towards them and gored the main mahout.
Meanwhile, postulation on the MC Road adjacent Kuravilangad was disrupted for astir an hour. After much than 2 hours, an further squad of mahouts brought successful from Arpookkara and Thalayolaparambu managed to bring the elephant nether power and tether it to a tree.
