Overview
- Tulasi, a 33-year-old tourist from Chennai, was killed Monday when two captive elephants, Kanjan and Marthanda, fought during a bathing session at Dubare and Marthanda fell on her as her husband and child escaped.
- Marthanda died Tuesday of its injuries from the clash, and officials shut the Dubare camp temporarily as a formal inquiry got underway.
- The forest minister ordered immediate rules at all elephant camps that require at least 100 feet of distance during bathing sessions and ban touching, feeding, bathing, and close-up photos with elephants.
- Authorities began drafting standard operating procedures, said Kanjan will not be used in future Mysuru Dasara duties, and announced ₹20 lakh in compensation for the victim’s family.
- Following the incident, the minister on Wednesday told tiger reserves to replace open-jeep safaris with buses and to station ambulances and first-aid at safari zones and elephant camps.