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Published 19:36 IST, June 3rd 2020

Rashmi Desai, Dipika Chikhlia & others express shock over Kerala elephant incident

Rashmi Desai, Dipika Chikhlia and other television celebrities took to their social media handles and have expressed what they feel about the incident

Reported by: Hrishikesh Gawade
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The murder of a Kerala elephant is being talked about all over on the internet. Television actors are among those who have expressed their disgust and shock over the act of cruelty. The incident has shaken and has enraged the netizens.

Television stars react to the death of Kerala elephant 

Reports and pictures have surfaced on social media that how a pineapple laced with explosives was fed to a pregnant elephant by some locals. It apparently exploded in her mouth leading to her death. Netizens are furious over this incident. People all over the internet are asking the government to find who the culprits are and take strict actions against them. Actors like Rashami Desai, Dipika, Sharad Malhotra, Donal Bisht and others have criticised this incident. Here is what the TV actors have said: 

Rashami Desai 

Rashami Desai took to her official social media handle and posted a photo of an elephant, and it seems as if it is talking to its unborn child. The unborn calf tells its mother about how it will never be able to see the humans, and in response, the mother elephant, who is shedding tears, says that the baby will not regret that.

On the photo, Desai wrote, "My heart bleeds seeing this kind of activities taking place... can we have strict laws for such animal curity. So bloody INHUMAN." Here is the photo that Rashmi posted on her social media handle: 

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Dipika Chikhlia 

Dipika Chikhlia, who is known for playing the role of Goddess Sita in the Television show Ramayan, took to her social media handle and posted a photo about this incident. It was a news report, on which she wrote, "So shocking how can anyone do this needs to be punished for such a cruel act." She had posted this in her Instagram story section. 

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Moni Roy 

Actor Moni Roy took to her social media handle where her followers can see a mother elephant and a baby elephant in her stomach. The mother elephant is telling her baby that humans gave them food. The baby elephant in return says "Humans are good". Here is this Instagram post by Moni Roy: 

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Updated 19:36 IST, June 3rd 2020

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