A wild elephant was electrocuted within the fields at Nagireddipalle of V.Kota mandal, abutting the Koundinya Elephant Undertaking sanctuary, as a result of erecting of snares with stay energy cables meant for bagging wild boars.

Based on data, the lone tusker from the reserve forests of Karnataka, aged round 20, had strayed into the buffer zone of Koundinya sanctuary a couple of months in the past and stayed put within the area, sometimes raiding crops.

When it reached the fields, the elephant had a brush with the stay electrical wires and its legs acquired entangled in them. The elephant was electrocuted instantaneously. On recognizing the elephant on Wednesday morning, farmers knowledgeable the forest personnel.

District Forest Officer C. Chaitanya Kumar Reddy, who visited the spot, mentioned: “As per preliminary inquiry, it’s discovered that the proprietor of the actual stretch of the fields had erected snares with stay energy cables meant for wild boars. The elephant got here in touch with the cables and was killed on the spot.” The forest officers mentioned that the accused, named Suresh, was absconding. A case was registered.

A crew of veterinary school from S.V. Veterinary College of Tirupati arrived on the spot and accomplished the postmortem earlier than the tusker was cremated amidst pujas by farmers and forest workers.

Rising concern

Officers expressed concern on the rising incidents of electrocution of untamed elephants within the Koundinya sanctuary zone and its environment. Within the final decade, near twenty wild elephants had been electrocuted within the mixed Chittoor district.