A mahout was trampled to death by an elephant at the elephant training camp at Konni on Friday (August 7, 2026). The deceased has been identified as Mohanan Nair, 65, of Pulikkamannil, Cherimukku, near Konni.

Sources said the incident occurred when the deceased approached Priyadarshini, an elephant at the camp, to apply medicine and change the dressing on a wound on its trunk. The elephant attacked him during the procedure. Officials said the deceased, who had long served as another elephant Meena’s mahout, was tending to Priyadarshini as its regular mahout was away.

The body was shifted to the Konni taluk hospital for post-mortem examination.

A native of Konni, Mohanan Nair had been working as a mahout at the elephant camp for several years.

Published - August 08, 2026 08:22 pm IST