Local police arrested a rubber farm worker for an Indian elephant who died after eating fruit with explosives and injured his mouth in the river.

Indian Express, AFP news agency said the police in Kerala Palakad in southern India "arrested rubber planter Wilson and are chasing the owner and son of the farm." I hid it."

The police found the'coconut bomb' material in the farm barn, and Wilson admitted, "In the second week of May, we made several coconut bombs and put them on the farm border."

According to the police, a female elephant with a cub chews a coconut bomb on May 12th and has a deep wound in its mouth, so it can't drink for two weeks or eat food, soaking in the river on the 25th Found by the Forest Watcher.

Forest authorities tried to bring the elephant out of the water and treat it, but the elephant refused and died on the 27th.

"The elephant suffered from the pain and hunger caused by the wound and did not harm anyone or anyone even when running around the streets of the village," said Mohan Krishnan, a forest official.

As the elephant's photos and videos spread through social media, Indian netizens mourned the death of the elephant and accused humans of cruelty, and the federal government began to take action.

If you are found guilty of killing an elephant, a protected animal under the Indian Wildlife Law, you will be sentenced to up to seven years in prison.