Mission Arkompan

March 30, 2023

The forest department has initiated ‘Mission Arikomban’, an operation to capture the rogue tusker.
A wild elephant by the name of Arikomban has been causing chaos in the higher ranges of Idukki district in Kerala.
Over the past few years, Arikomban has trampled at least 10 people to death and destroyed around 60 houses and shops.
The forest department has come up with a plan to capture Arikomban and train it to be a ‘kumki’, a captive elephant used for operations against rogue elephants.
The plan is to capture it with tranquilizer shots and later shift it to an elephant training center.