A female elephant crushed his mahout to death while he was sleeping near the elephant on Wednesday night near Bhanpur Bridge.

The female elephant was the pet elephant of the mahout. He was sleeping near the elephant on Wednesday night, when the elephant picked him up with its trunk and threw him down. It dragged him by her trunk and crushed him with its feet. The incident happened late Wednesday night near Bhanpur Bridge. Chola Mandir police have brought the elephant to the police station.

The police said that Narendra Kapadia (55), a resident of Salaiya in Satna district, was killed by his pet elephant.

ASI Rakesh Shukla said, Narendra used to take the elephant around the country with five companions. His expenses were met from the donations received during this time.

He reached Bhopal via Parwaliya on Wednesday night. There was a plan to go to Vidisha on Thursday morning. The elephant was tied under a tree in an empty field near Bhanpur Bridge. Ate food at around 9 pm and slept near the elephant.

The mahout and his companions used to take donations by roaming with the elephant. Police took the elephant in custody

After the incident, the police took the elephant into custody. The deceased's fellow mahouts brought the elephant to the police station in the presence of the police. The elephant has been tied to a peepal tree in the back of the police station. The police have asked one of the deceased's fellow mahouts to stay in the police station to take care of the elephant.

The mahout's companion Bhupendra said, "The elephant started trumpeting loudly at around 11.30 pm. We all woke up. When we looked, the elephant was picking up Narendra with its trunk and throwing him down. When we tried to free him, the elephant dragged Narendra and crushed him with its feet. He died. We immediately informed the police. The police sent the body to the mortuary late at night.

Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Shubh Ranjan Sen says that the elephant is privately owned. Therefore, its custody and care will be taken by the elephant's owner only." Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Shubh Ranjan Sen says that the elephant is privately owned. Hence, its custody and care will be taken by the elephant owner.

Mahout's nephew Deepak Kapadia said, I was informed on phone at 12 o'clock at night that my uncle has been trampled by the elephant, but no one informed me about the death. I reached here by car at night, then I came to know that my uncle had died.

Deepak said that the elephant had killed a young man two years ago too. About a year ago in Bhopal itself, a young man had come to feed bananas to the elephant at night, he was also attacked. It should be handed over to the forest department.

Swati Gaurav, Bhopal director of People for Animals, said that the female elephant that trampled the mahout is named Janaki. We were following her for the last 15 days.

It is also not appropriate to take them around in residential areas. We had complained about this to all the officials including the DFO. If action had been taken on time, the incident could have been averted. Recently this elephant was seen in Awadhpuri, even then the senior forest officer was informed, but no action was taken.