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Forest officials said since the carcasses of the elephants, which they suspect would have died a few months ago, had decayed, a postmortem could not be carried out. One more female elephant died of electrocution at Venniyar beat in Cumbum east range on September 5.JUMBO HUNT? Chief wildlife warden T P Raghunath, who acknowledged receiving information about elephant deaths due to electrocution at Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, said, “We have not received any information about poaching gangs.” In this case, the animals had died within a protected area and there was no need to burn the carcasses, he said. Oddanchatram-based conservationist N Arun Shankar said when an animal is found dead on a private land, the carcass is burnt after the postmortem..