- Last rites at Dabballikatte Forest core area in Hassan today
- Forest Minister holds emergency meeting; likely to order probe
Hassan/Bengaluru: The last rites of 64-year-old elephant Arjuna began with puja rituals at 12 noon today. The pachyderm will be eventually buried with full State honours and Forest Department honours. The eight-time Golden Howdah carrier of Mysuru Dasara festivities was gored to death yesterday following a confrontation with a wild elephant in the Yeslur range forest of Sakleshpur taluk in Hassan district.
