Officials of the Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department drove back into the forest two of the three wild elephants that had strayed into human habitations in Vythiri and Chelode areas in Wayanad district, on Wednesday. The two ‘makhanas’ (male elephants without tusk) and a lone baby tusker had been posing a threat to the people for the past several days.
The operation was initiated after an 84-year-old man at Thailakkunnu near Vythiri was attacked by the tusker in front of the man’s house under the Meppadi forest range of South Wayanad Forest Division in the early hours of Tuesday.
