A forest watcher, who was injured during a mission to send wild elephants from human-inhabited areas of Palappilly in Thrissur to the nearby forests earlier this month, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday.
The deceased was Hussain, 32, of Mukkam, Kozhikode. He was a member of the rapid rescue team that came from Wayanad with two kumki elephants for the mission. Hussain was an expert snake-catcher too.
He was injured in the attack by a tusker near Pathayappara on September 4 while trying to send away the wild elephants using kumki elephants. The pachyderm attacked him with its trunk.
He was undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Thrissur. Though he was shifted to a private hospital in Kochi after his condition worsened, his life could not be saved.
The mission to send the elephants back to the forests is continuing at Palappilly, sources said.
