A group of wild elephants entered the Dabbalikatte forest area in the Yeslur range of forests in Sakleshpur on Thursday night and damaged the burial ground of Arjuna, the Dasara elephant who had died in a fight with a wild tusker. They also rummaged through coffee estates nearby.
Arjuna, the tamed tusker who was a star attraction in several Mysuru Dasara processions, died during an elephant capture operation in the Yeslur Range of forest on December 4. The elephant succumbed to the injuries it suffered during the fight. The next day, the carcass was buried with the State guard of honour at the Dabbalikatte plantation of the Forest Department.
A herd of elephants roamed the plantation and damaged the temporary fencing put up around the burial ground, according to the locals. Senior officers of the Forest Department also visited the place on Friday.
