Pathanamthitta: Mahout electrocuted while riding on elephant

Pathanamthitta, Thursday, April 5, 2012: A 40-year-old mahout was electrocuted while riding atop a temple elephant at Vallikkod near here, police said.
Santhosh Kumar, a mahout of Travancore Devaswom Board, died after he suffered shock while trying to remove a palm leaf on their way with which a live wire was tangled yesterday, police said.
The mahout fell off the elephant due to the impact of the shock. Though local people rushed him to a nearby hospital, he was declared dead. The tusker Parthan, being taken to Vallikkodu Thrikkovil Temple, did not suffer any injury.