Coimbatore: A five-member committee comprising veterinarians of the forest department and animal husbandry department that checked Srivilliputhur Andal temple elephant Jayamalyatha at the rejuvenation camp for temple and mutt elephants in Thekkampatti here on Monday said that the animal was not injured.
The mahout of Jayamalyatha and his assistant were arrested on Sunday after a video that showed them thrashing the animal went viral on social media.
The committee, consisting of forest veterinary officer Dr A Sukumar, retired additional director of animal husbandry and member of captive elephant management committee of Project Elephant Dr N S Manoharan, regional joint director of animal husbandry department Dr Perumalsamy, former forest veterinary assistant surgeon of Mudumalai elephant camp Dr N Kalaivanan and veterinary assistant surgeon of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Dr K Rajesh Kumar will inspect the 23 temple elephants and thee mutt elephants at the camp to verify if they were subj
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.