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The Kerala State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) connected Saturday sought a study connected the steps taken to supply compensation to the household of the mahout killed by a jumbo astatine the Kottoor Elephant Rehabilitation Centre 2 days ago.
The committee chairperson Alexander Thomas besides sought to cognize whether immoderate preventive measures person been taken to guarantee specified an incidental does not recur. The study was sought from the conservator of the Agasthyavanam Biological Park wrong which the elephant rehabilitation centre is located.
The incident
The absorption comes 2 days aft Vishnu, the mahout, was killed by a jumbo astatine the rehabilitation centre portion helium was bathing the elephant astatine the adjacent Neyyar dam reservoir.
The commission’s bid came successful a lawsuit registered by it based connected paper reports of the incident. The sheet besides directed the conservator to pass it astir what helium recovered successful his probe into the incident. It directed that the study beryllium submitted earlier the committee wrong a period and listed the substance to beryllium taken up adjacent connected March 24.
The sheet said that connected the adjacent date, a typical of the conservator should beryllium contiguous earlier it.
The jumbo had deed Vishnu with its trunk, pushing him nether the water, and helium drowned arsenic a result, the constabulary had said.
