Jumbo electrocuted in Ch'nagar district; farmer booked

NT Correspondent

Mysuru: A case has been filed against a farmer in connection with the death of an elephant due to electrocution in an agricultural field in Doddabaragi village of Hedeyala Forest Range near Bandipur National Park in Chamarajanagar district on Saturday.

According to the information available here, the accused, Gopal of Doddabaragi village, had put up the electric fence around the field unauthorizedly.

This morning, a wild elephant that came in search of food tried to enter the field and got electrocuted. The dead elephant is around 20 years. Now, a case has been registered against the farmer under the Karnataka State Wildlife Protection act. A similar incident had occurred in the same place four years ago.

The forest officials have said that the jumbo died of electrocution while it tried to enter the agricultural field to feed on the standing crops. A case has been registered against the farmer and an investigation is on.