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Kochi: A high-court-appointed expert committee tasked with deciding the fate of the rice-eating tusker ‘Arikomban’ decided on Tuesday that the elephant should be translocated and not be captured...

The High Court had on Wednesday constituted a five-member expert committee to take a decision on what action should be taken with regard to Arikomban.

A bench of Justices A K Jayasankaran Nambiar and Gopinath P called for records and reports on the resettlement of tribal people in the area back in 2000 and said, "If it was an elephant habitat, you had no business resettling people there and putting them in danger." The court said that resettling people in an elephant habitat was the "root of the entire problem"

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Kerala High Court on Wednesday warned the state of strict action if it found that the area in Idukki district where a wild tusker, Arikomban, was roaming had been an elephant habitat before tribal people were resettled there. India News | Arikomban Case: Kerala HC Warns State of Strict Action if Area Where Tribals Were Resettled is Found to Be an Elephant Habitat.

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