Elephant in captivity injures man

  • | Sunday | 17th February, 2019

BENGALURU: A 27-year-old man sustained injuries on his chin and ribs after an elephant in captivity attacked him in Tumakuru on Saturday morning. The incident took place on the premises of Anjaneya Swamy Temple in Kora taluk of Tumakuru district. For some reason, he bent and the elephant too turned its trunk in the same direction. Pratap was thrown 10-ft up in the air,” temple sources told police. The injured, Prakash Kumar, has been shifted to Siddaganga hospital and is out of danger, police said.The elephant, which is under the local mutt administration, was standing outside the temple when the incident took place around 9am, police said.“Prakash is a local resident and was feeding bananas to the jumbo.

BENGALURU: A 27-year-old man sustained injuries on his chin and ribs after an elephant in captivity attacked him in Tumakuru on Saturday morning. The incident took place on the premises of Anjaneya Swamy Temple in Kora taluk of Tumakuru district. The injured, Prakash Kumar, has been shifted to Siddaganga hospital and is out of danger, police said.The elephant, which is under the local mutt administration, was standing outside the temple when the incident took place around 9am, police said.“Prakash is a local resident and was feeding bananas to the jumbo. For some reason, he bent and the elephant too turned its trunk in the same direction. Pratap was thrown 10-ft up in the air,” temple sources told police.

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