Illegal electric fence claims tusker’s life

ERODE: A 25-year-old tusker was killed after it came into contact with live
wires of an illegal electric fence erected around a maze field near

Kermalam here on Friday. Forest officials have arrested the land owner in connection with the incident.

According to forest officials, the carcass of the elephant was first spotted
by villagers near the maze field on the early hours of Friday. The villagers
immediately alerted the Kermalam forest officials.

Investigation revealed that the land owner, identified as K Rangaraj, 42, of
Sujalkarai Meesaikarathotti village near Kermalam, had installed an electric fence around the field

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