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A 15-year-old tusker was found dead in Srigiripura near Nelamangala forest range on the outskirts of Bengaluru.
Mahesh Kumar, deputy conservator of forests, Bengaluru Rural, said it appears to be an electrocution case; the exact cause will be known after the postmortem results. “We got the news from villagers at 7am. We completed the postmortem in the evening and are waiting for the results,” he told TOI.
This is the third elephant death on the city’s outskirts in the last 15 days. On Thursday, a jumbo was electrocuted at Madegowdana Doddi, Kanakapura. The 50 year old had wandered out of the forest in search of food and got trapped in an electric fence. Over a week ago, wild elephant Sidda succumbed to leg injuries at Manchanabele dam in Magadi after a long struggle.