A male elephant, aged around 35, was electrocuted close to the D.B. Kuppe range of the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve on Thursday.
The incident occurred on a private farm in D.B. Kuppe village, and preliminary investigation by the Forest Department indicated that the farm owner Uday had drawn illegal power to the solar fence from his domestic connections, resulting in the tragedy.
As the elephant carcass was on the old Mysuru-Manandavadi road passing through the village, arrangements were made to shift it to the forest land for conducting post-mortem.
