Dubare jumbo fight: Elephant Marthanda dies a day after fatal clash

Key points

• A day after a fierce clash between captive elephants Kanjan and Marthanda at the Dubare Elephant Camp in Kodagu district, that claimed the life of a woman tourist from Chennai who was caught in the tussle in the Cauvery river, Marthanda (53), who had sustained serious injuries in the attack, succumbed on Tuesday (May 19).
• The elephant’s death cast a pall of gloom over mahouts, kavadis and forest personnel at the popular elephant camp.
• Kodagu district in-charge Minister N.S.
• Boseraju expressed grief over the death of the tourist from Tamil Nadu in the incident.
• Describing it as an unforeseen tragedy, he said such incidents should not recur in future and directed the district administration to take necessary preventive measures.