The Bombay High Court has ordered the release of Sunder the elephant into a sanctuary. 13-year-old Sunder who has been in captivity and was kept chained inside a dark shed at a Temple in the Kolhapur district of Maharashtra for seven years will finally be free from the torture. The Bombay High Court asks authorities to implement a state government order to release Sunder into the wild that was issued in August 2012.
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