Kerala Elephant Death: Kerala CM assures justice; says investigation is underway

Aggrieved by news of horrific killing of a pregnant elephant in Kerala, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan assured that justice will prevail.  elephant ate a pineapple laced with firecrackers which burst in its jaws ultimately killing pachyderm. 

Taking to Twitter, Vijayan stated that an investigation is underway, focusing on three suspects. police and forest departments will jointly investigate incident. district police chief and district forest officer visited site today. He ded that government will also try to dress causes behind increased incidences of Human-wildlife conflict. 

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Earlier in day, Union Minister of Environment Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javekar has called act cruel, amid much more. He said government has taken action to solve  animal-human conflicts, however, "this kind of killing is absolutely unacceptable". He said he has alrey deployed senior officers in region to nab culprits and bring m to task.

forest minister also took to Twitter to assure that Central government has taken te of killing and will take all steps possible to catch perpetrators of heius crime.  

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pregnant elephant died in Silent Valley Forest in Malappuram after a local allegedly fed her a pineapple stuffed with crackers. This inhuman act took place on May 27.  post- mortem revealed that pachyderm was pregnant. Her jaw was broken and she was unable to eat after she chewed pineapple and it exploded in her mouth. On Wednesday, Mannarkk forest range officer said that an FIR has been lodged against unidentified people under relevant sections of Wild Life Protection Act over incident. 

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