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Order to tranquilise wild elephant to be issued, says Kerala Forest Minister Saseendran

Kerala Minister for Forest and Wildlife A.K. Saseendran has said that an order seeking to tranquilize the wild elephant that killed a man at Chaligaddha near Kattikulam in Wayanad district on Saturday, February 10, will be issued soon.

He told the media after a high-level meeting here that the Kerala High Court had been conducting a hearing related to the death of Thanneer Komban, the radio-collared wild elephant from Karnataka which died recently after being tranquilized and captured by the department. Mr. Saseendran said that a member of the court-appointed expert committee related to the incident had been summoned.

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