Tension prevailed near Kallambalam when a captive elephant turned restive and killed its mahout when it was taken to lift timber on Monday.
The mahout, Unni alias Kuttan of Edavoorkonam near Vellalloor, was killed after 35-year-old Unnikrishnan, a mozha (Makhna) elephant, knocked him down using its trunk and threw a heavy log on his body.
The incident occurred around 10 a.m. when the elephant was taken by Unni to a plantation in Kappamvila, near Kallambalam, to shift heavy timber.
