Tusker electrocuted in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar districtThe wild jumbo, which strayed into the village in search of food, came in contact with an electric fence around a land, and was electrocuted.
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Gundlupet (Chamarajamnagar Dist): A three-year-old tusker was electrocuted at Mangala village under Kundukere range in Bandipur Tiger Reserve limits of Chamarajanagar district, on Monday night.
The wild jumbo, which strayed into the village in search of food, came in contact with an electric fence around a land, and was electrocuted. The land belonged to one Sharief Khan and he had leased it to another person. Cases have been filed against the landowner and the lessee, said S Prabhakaran, DCF, Bandipur Tiger Reserve.