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A mahout was crushed to death while bathing an elephant here on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Arun Panikkar (42) a native of Chennithala
On Sunday morning, Arun was bathing the elephant. After pouring water on the jumbo using a hose, Arun directed the elephant to lie down on its side
As the elephant was about to lie on its side, Arun, who tried to move the hose slipped and fell down. Unaware of this, the elephant lied down on Arun