Coimbatore: A 40-year-old elephant was found dead in Coimbatore in Karamadai forest on Tuesday evening. Karamadai forest police officers, who were on patrolling duty, discovered the elephant carcass at Bhavani river bed and informed the higher authorities.
40-year-old elephant found dead in Coimbatore, autopsy awaited
Karamadai forest police officers have found an elephant carcass near Bhavani river bed. Forest department officials are waiting for autopsy report to know the reason behind the tusker's death.
40 year old elephant found dead in Coimbatore
As soon as the information was received, top officials arrived at the spot and ordered a postmortem on the carcass. Forest range officer Manoharan said, "We will know the reason behind the elephant's death when the postmortem result come."