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The constabulary person registered a lawsuit against two mahouts aft a disturbing video of a seven-month-old infant falling adjacent the ft of the tusker Haripad Skandan belonging to the Sree Subrahmanya Swamy temple successful Haripad, Alappuzha district, emerged connected societal media connected Tuesday.
The Haripad Police person registered a suo motu lawsuit based connected media reports connected the incidental nether Section 75 (punishment for cruelty to child) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and Sections 291 (negligent behaviour with respect to animal), 125 (act endangering quality beingness oregon idiosyncratic information of others) and 3(5)(common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against the 2 mahouts.
The incidental reportedly occurred connected Sunday (January 4, 2026). One of the mahouts seen successful the video is the infant’s father.
The babe was reportedly brought to the temple arsenic portion of the ‘choroonu’ ceremonial and was past taken adjacent the temple. In the video, the mahout is seen passing the babe nether the elephant’s assemblage arsenic portion of a superstitious content to ward disconnected fear. At 1 point, portion lasting adjacent to the tusker, the babe slips from the mahout’s hands and falls adjacent the elephant’s feet. The kid escaped without injuries.
Incidentally, the elephant had gored a mahout to decease aft it turned convulsive connected August 31, 2025. The elephant had been tethered since past arsenic it was successful musth.
