After a video of ‘Jayamalyatha’, elephant of Srivilliputhur Andal Temple, being thrashed at Thekkampatti rejuvenation camp went viral on social media, mahouts Vinil Kumar and Sivaprasad were arrested on Sunday.
COIMBATORE: The mahout of the Srivilliputhur Andal temple elephant Jayamalyatha and his assistant were arrested on Sunday evening after a video that showed them thrashing the animal after chaining it to a tree went viral on social media. The video shows the female elephant flinching and trumpeting in pain as the two men beat it with sticks on its legs.
The female elephant was at the annual 48-day rejuvenation camp for temple elephants that began at Thekkampatti near Mettupalayam on February 8. The two men were booked under the Wildlife Protection Act and the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department officials suspended the mahout Vinil Kumar from service.
Coimbatore: A single mother, M Savithri, a resident of Andakkapalayam in Sarkarsamakulam block, wakes up early in the morning, prepares breakfast for her three children and in a hurry leaves for areas such as Mettupalayam in the district and Karanampetti and Palladam in neighbouring Tirupur district on her two-wheeler to collect flowers and Tulsi leaves, which she later sells at the Poo Market on Mettupalayam Road in the city. The unprecedented fuel price hike has made her life more troublesome. She travels more than 80km a day and spends Rs400 on fuel a day, out of her meagre daily earnings of Rs800-Rs1,000.
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COIMBATORE: A 29-year-old man, who was working as a senior sales officer of a private bank, committed suicide at his rented house at Saravanampatti here on Sunday morning.
The deceased was identified as N Sundarraj, a native of Varappalayam in Namakkal district.
“His family was searching for a bride for him. But they were not able to find anyone. Sundarraj was depressed for the last few days and took the extreme step on Sunday morning. As he did not open the door till 10am, his neighbours broke open the door to find him dead on the floor. He had tied a rope around his neck and tied the other end to his foot,” a police officer said.
Coimbatore: K Chandran of Karamadai criss-crosses tiny villages on his two-wheeler that is fitted with a portable public address system, selling groce.