Narrow escape for Excise sleuths from tusker attack

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Narrow escape for Excise sleuths from tusker attack
The Hindu
September 12, 2021

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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/narrow-escape-for-excise-sleuths-from-tusker-attack/article36415494.ece
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A team of Excise officials had a narrow escape from a wild elephant attack
near Thettu Road Junction under the North Wayanad Forest Division.

The four-member team, including K.K. Ajayakumar, Excise Preventive Officer;
M.K. Mansoor Ali and Arun Krishnan, Civil Excise officers, and M. Ramesh,
driver, Mananthavady Excise Range, were returning from the Tholpetty Excise
check post on the Kerala-Karnataka border around 8 p.m. on Friday, when the
lone tusker attacked their vehicle, said T.M .Maju, Assistant Excise
Commissioner, Wayanad.

The elephant attacked the vehicle just after the driver had given way for
another vehicle coming in the opposite direction, Mr. Maju said. The animal
tried to lift the vehicle after piercing the windowpane using its tusk. The
presence of mind of the driver saved the team, he added.

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Narrow escape for Excise sleuths from tusker attack The Hindu September 12, 2021 See link <https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/narrow-escape-for-excise-sleuths-from-tusker-attack/article36415494.ece> for photo. A team of Excise officials had a narrow escape from a wild elephant attack near Thettu Road Junction under the North Wayanad Forest Division. The four-member team, including K.K. Ajayakumar, Excise Preventive Officer; M.K. Mansoor Ali and Arun Krishnan, Civil Excise officers, and M. Ramesh, driver, Mananthavady Excise Range, were returning from the Tholpetty Excise check post on the Kerala-Karnataka border around 8 p.m. on Friday, when the lone tusker attacked their vehicle, said T.M .Maju, Assistant Excise Commissioner, Wayanad. The elephant attacked the vehicle just after the driver had given way for another vehicle coming in the opposite direction, Mr. Maju said. The animal tried to lift the vehicle after piercing the windowpane using its tusk. The presence of mind of the driver saved the team, he added. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/narrow-escape-for-excise-sleuths-from-tusker-attack/article36415494.ece