2 jumbos found dead in Coimbatore

Coimbatore: Two elephants were found dead in this district, one due to gun shot wounds near Kandiyur and the other following suspected ill-health while the carcass of another jumbo was found in nearby Nilgiris. Two people, both brothers, taken into custody for questioning in connection with the Kandiyur case, were arrested for shooting the elepthant to death in their farm in Mettupalayam, about 45 km from here,they said. The 25-yearold female elephant was found dead, bleeding from the left ear. Post-mortem revealed that the elephant was shot dead, as a sharp edged metal piece was found pierced in its brain, through the left ear. — PTI