Nilgiris Elephant Electrocution

A male elephant died of electrocution on Saturday at a village near Kothagiri in the Nilgiris district when it accidentally came in contact with an overhead electricity transmission line, authorities said.

A twenty five-year-old wild elephant was killed in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris today, after it came into contact with an illegally installed electric fence in the Chokkanalli tribal settlement.

A male elephant died of electrocution on Saturday at a village near Kothagiri in the Nilgiris district when it accidentally came in contact with an overhead electricity transmission line, authorities said.

A twenty five-year-old wild elephant was killed in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris today, after it came into contact with an illegally installed electric fence in the Chokkanalli tribal settlement.