THE ELEPHANTS A VERY SAD AND AN ELUSIVE ROMANTIC STORY

The sad story
Three people were trampled to death when an elephant ran amok at the Irrinjalakuda 'Koodalmanikya' temple The festival drew as each year a large number of domestic and foreign tourists. The police identified two of those killed as Kausalya, 75, and Nidheesh, 20. "The third person's identity is yet to be confirmed. His face was crushed beyond recognition," an official at Irinjalakkuda police station said. The jumbo, which continued the rampage for about two hours, was calmed down by the mahouts and chained.

The tusker with the name of Thiruvalla Unnikrishnan (which such a name I also could make amok) was brought to the centuries-old temple as part of the annual festival celebrations. The elephant was provocated and turned violent after a drunken spectator caught its tusk Aditionally four persons were injured in the stampede when terrified devotees rushed out of the temple premises to escape the rampaging elephant.


The romantic tusker story
The 26-year-old tusker had entered Chittaranjan town a few days ago, triggering panic among the residents. Wildlife officials were called to drive him out but the beast had other plans—it’s the mating season and he was lonely. He was tall, dark, handsome and wild at heart. She was cuty, good-looking, bred, not all that coy. And it was love at first sight.
Early Wednesday, he raided Olympic Circus, which had set up camp in Kumarbazar area of Raniganj, smashed through the tin walls and stormed the stable, where four female elephants were confined. His eyes rested on Savitri—four years older to him—and goaded her into fleeing with him. The huge tusker, straight out of the jungle, raided a circus freed the female elephant and eloped with her to make a cosy home by a pond in Raiganj. This tale of untamed love has yet another bizarre twist: a second female elephant, said to be "very attached" to the one that fled the circus, has broken down and is grieving for her "mate".
To be followed