A male elephant from Mettupalayam forest range, Coimbatore was found dead last evening in jungles of Nilgiris.
It was injured and Forest Department had made arrangements to tranquilise him for treatment but the elephant had moved into hilly terrain.The Forest Department said, "It is suspected that the elephant slipped into muddy area due to continuous rain in the area, got injured while slipping and could not get up due to its injured leg.
It further slipped down for about 15 feet, in its attempt to get up and ultimately died."
