Kochi: On Wednesday, an elephant from the renowned Sri Krishna temple Guruvayoor gorged to death a mahout.
In the temple grounds, at about noon, the mahout named Ratheesh was busy feeding the elephant called Chandrasekheran.
Chandrasekheran, an elephant with a single tusk, was reportedly a troublesome animal and had spent the previous 26 years confined to the area where the temple elephants are kept.
However, after the authorities confirmed that the elephant is behaving properly and hence he was brought to the Guruvayoor temple for events.
In the afternoon, Ratheesh while giving water to the elephant got close to him and in a flash, using the trunk, he got hold of Ratheesh and threw him down and in few minutes using his tusk he gorged him.
Even though he was quickly taken to the hospital but he breathed his last.
