Gonikoppa: An elephant has been electrocuted at an arecanut plantation in Kutta-Badaga village in Virajpet taluk on Saturday night. The plantation belongs to Mukkatira Deepu and the carcass of the male elephant was found on Sunday.
The elephant, aged about 55 years and well built with long tusks, may have entered the plantation in search of food and while uprooting the arecanut trees, a tree may have touched the power line passing through the plantation which might have resulted in electrocution of the elephant.
