Alappuzha: An elephant, which was rescued from a mushy swamp near Thuravoor after hours-long effort, ran amok again and destroyed a house. It was tranquilized later.

The tusker named Mulakkal Balakrishnan, who is allegedly in a high testosterone phase, was rescued after 17 hours of tireless attempt. The elephant was found trapped in a mushy swamp near Thuravoor early Tuesday morning after it ran amok rampaging through the streets of Valamangalam in Thuravoor.

It was dragged out of the marsh around 8 pm after hours-long operation involving local citizens, police and elephant squad members, using ropes and other equipment.

The tusker had escaped from the truck while being transported back to Alappuzha after the festival at Thrikakkara temple.

It smashed the wall of a house and damaged an autorickshaw during his rampage.

He could not be tracked in the dark and was discovered sunk in the bog only in the morning.

As the area was too mushy, efforts to bring a crane and drag the tusker out of the quagmire too failed. The desperate animal could be seen trying to push itself up but the boggy ground kept it firmly stuck in place, even as videos showed how the helpless pachyderm was being ruthlessly poked by the mahout.

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