According to the Assistant Forest Conservator (ACF) of Bhadra Tiger Reserve, Lakkavalli Division, Veeresh Gowda, the farm land is close to the Gurupura forest, and the forest is adjacent to the Bhadra Tiger Reserve. Since the wild animals keep moving around during the night, the elephant from the Gurupura forest tried to enter the farm land, and it was electrocuted. “The cultivation is carried out illegally, and it is on unauthorised farm land. In order to protect their crops, they had fenced the land with electric wires,” he said.