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A antheral chaotic elephant died of electrocution aft it came into interaction with an illegally powered electrical obstruction erected astir a workplace adjacent Mettupalayam successful Coimbatore district. This is the second elephant to person died of electrocution successful the Coimbatore Forest Division wrong a week.
Forest Department officials said that a tusker aged astir 15 was recovered dormant successful an elephant-proof trench (EPT) betwixt the workplace and the bound of Odanthurai reserve wood of Mettupalayam wood range.
The proprietor of the farm, Thirumalairaj, informed the section astir 11.30 p.m. connected Tuesday that a chaotic elephant was recovered dormant successful the EPT.
Staff from Mettupalayam scope headed by the Forest Range Officer rushed to the spot and recovered the carcass lying successful the EPT, tangled with wires of the hanging electrical obstruction erected on the bound of the farm. The elephant’s tusks were intact and the carcass was astatine slightest two-day-old.
A squad of veterinarians performed the post-mortem connected the carcass connected Wednesday (October 29, 2025) successful the beingness of section officials, said an serviceman from Tamil Nadu Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and members from non-governmental organisations.
The veterinarians recovered pain marks connected the skin of the carcass, aft suffering electrical daze from the fence. Samples from captious organs were collected for forensic and histopathological examination.
According to the Forest Department, the artillery of the star hanging obstruction was adust and its energiser was defunct erstwhile the obstruction was inspected a period ago.
“It is suspected that the obstruction was straight connected to an AC powerfulness source as the artillery and the energiser were not recovered successful moving information connected Tuesday (October 28, 2025). Officials from the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Limited inspected the spot. They volition analyse whether the obstruction was straight connected to an AC powerfulness root and find retired whether determination were powerfulness fluctuations owed to the incident,” said District Forest Office N. Jayaraj.
The section registered a lawsuit against the proprietor of the workplace for the electrocution of the elephant. Meanwhile, the workplace proprietor got himself admitted to a backstage infirmary connected Wednesday greeting owed to ailments, said the department.
