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Residents discovered the elephant in the forest on Saturday, approximately 500 meters from the Chinnakanal settlement.
The TN official also cited security reasons for not releasing recent images of the elephant to the public.
The female elephant herds are often six to eight-member strong and go by the names 'Aarukootam' and 'Ettukootam'.
The elephant is now in the Kothayar forest in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu.
Arikomban's capture from Chinnakanal on April 29 last year caught national attention.
Hyderabad-based sharpshooter Nawab Shafath Ali Khan, who killed man-eater tigress Avni, was reportedly invited to join Operation Belur Makhna.
The tiger killed and partially ate a dairy farmer in Wayanad's Sulthan Bathery recently.
The Tamil Nadu forest department has said the radio collar, around the animal's neck, is working.
Chief Veterinary Officer (Retd) of the state Forest Department Dr E K Eswaran and Professor (Retd) Dr Jose Joseph of the Kerala Agricultural University toured the human-animal conflict zones on behalf of Manorama. This is the third part of a series on their findings.
CJI DY Chandrachud dismissed a petition filed by an animal rights body saying it was not the remit of the apex court.
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