According to studies, it took almost two hours to convey the elephant beneath management
At least 17 folks had been injured, certainly one of them critically, when an elephant misplaced his cool throughout an annual pageant at a mosque in Kerala’s Malappuram district late final evening.
Hundreds had gathered on the Puthiyangadi pageant at Tirur. Visuals present at the least 5 elephants adorned with golden plates on the pageant as folks within the crowd tried to movie them. Suddenly, certainly one of them turns into agitated and expenses into the gang because the mahout struggles to regulate it. This elephant, named Pakkathu Sreekuttan, is then seen lifting a person and swinging him within the air earlier than flinging him away.
The situation of the person is important, in response to studies, and he’s being handled at a hospital in Kotakkal. Visuals captured the panic within the crowd as folks struggled to run to security. Most accidents had been the results of the stampede-like scenario as a result of panic.
Some males had been seen making an attempt to regulate the elephant with chains. It took almost two hours to convey the elephant beneath management. The elephant was then close to a mast to forestall any additional harm.