An elephant trying to enter a private resort in southern India has been burnt alive.
According to the Daily Mail, when the elephant tried to enter a private resort in the Nalgiris district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, two people there resorted to fire to chase it away.
The video, which went viral on the Internet, shows a frightened elephant standing in the middle of the street, screaming in agony.
Authorities took note of the video, which went viral on the Internet, and arrested two suspects, who said that when the elephant tried to enter the resort, they chased it away. Thrown.
The onlookers threw the cloth so that it got stuck in the elephant's body, after which it ran towards the forest screaming and was badly burnt.
Police officials registered a case calling the incident an attack on an elephant and arrested two suspects while a search for a third is underway.
The video was recorded from the balcony of a nearby house in which the elephant's body caught fire and could be seen walking towards the forest.
There are screams in the background of the video, but nothing can be said about them yet, whether they were attackers or screaming when they saw the elephant burning.
According to wildlife department officials, the elephant was badly burned, leaving him with deep wounds. He died of his injuries a few hours later.
