In a combined effort, the Tirupattur forest division and the district police have been trying to send back the two tuskers from the villages along the Chennai - Bengaluru Highway (NH 44) in Tirupattur into Reserve Forests (RFs) along the Tamil Nadu - Andhra Pradesh border to prevent human casualties.
Forest officials said that the two tuskers got lost from the herd along the migration route from their base area, Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary in Chittoor (A.P) more than a week ago.
The elephants, which are around eight years old, were roaming in villages along forest areas in Krishnagiri and Tirupattur districts. Forest officials said that two people were killed by these elephants in Krishnagiri district a few days ago. However, there have been no human casualties in Tirupattur district so far.
