Senior veterinary officer Dr Arun Zachariah leading the team said, "Arikomban was brought to Kumali in the Idukki district around 121 kilometres away from Chinnakkanal. Section 144 was declared in the Kumali area and restricted electricity supply on the way it was transported."
After capture, the pachyderm will be fitted with a GPS collar to track its movements and relocated to another forest region, as per a Kerala High Court directive.
The exercise to tranquilise, radio-collar and relocate Arikomban, a wild elephant, is on in Kerala. A look at why the government is looking for the wild tusker for five years.
Forest department officials are on the hunt for an elephant, who is over 30 years old, that goes by the name Arikomban. The plan is to capture, tranquilise and collar it and move the tusker to another location, as it has been causing massive damage in the Chinnakanal area of Munnar in Kerala