The fans of wild tusker Arikompan staged a protest march in front of the Idukki collectorate on Friday, demanding that the elephant be brought back to its natural habitat at Chinnakkanal.
Inaugurating the protest march, snake catcher Vava Suresh alleged that Forest department translocated Arikompan from Chinnakkanal to protect the interests of resort owners and land encroachers. The tribal people in Chinnakkanal never raised any complaint against the tusker. The Tamil Nadu Forest department is not providing updates on the tusker’s health condition.
The protesters said they would continue the protest until the tusker is brought back to Chinnakkanal.
