Siddapura: An elephant, which used to stay put inside coffee estates and create havoc by destroying crops and causing panic among residents and estate workers, has been finally captured by Forest Department personnel with the help of tamed elephants after a 48-hour operation near Siddapura.
Tamed elephants Abhimanyu and Arjuna from Mathigodu Elephant Camp, Ajay, Dhananjaya and Prashanth from Dubare Camp, along with more than 50 Forest Department staff, conducted an operation at Biti Kaadu area near Siddapura and successfully captured the male elephant, aged about 22 years after a 48-hour-long operation.
