Missing for two months, elephant Laxmi traced with caretaker

Delhi | Thursday | 19th September, 2019

Summary:

It all began when the Delhi High Court ordered transferring Laxmi to a forest or a sanctuary. The Forest Department team duly went to fetch the elephant from its caretaker's family, but they were attacked by the family and forced to flee. District Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Jasmeet Singh said: "A police complaint was filed after the forest department team was attacked." In the meantime, the Forest Department submitted the update on the missing elephant in the Delhi High court, which ordered the police to find the animal at all cost. The case went to the Delhi High Court, which finally ordered for the deportation of the elephants to a forest or a sanctuary..