For the second day on Monday, the Rapid Response team of the Forest department encountered difficulties in the search for the wild elephant Belur Makhna that trampled a farmer to death in Wayanad on Saturday.
Forest officials spotted the animal at the Mannundi forest area near Kattikulam, but the animal entered a swampy area inside the forest, hindering the efforts to tranquillise it.
Though the tracking team again spotted the animal at the Chempakappara forest under the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, it could not be tranquilised due to the thick undergrowth in the area, a Forest department source said.
