Major Crimes and True Crime

After whipping the elephant with a cane to force it down, Arun Panicker slipped — and fell in the worst possible spot right as the animal followed his orders. It is reported that the animal trainer died instantly from a crushed skull after the 10,000lb elephant sat on him. The entire incident was captured by security cameras and the footage has already circulated across social media, with some arguing that he deserved it for whipping the animal and others merely shocked at the gruesome series of events. Mahout gets trapped under jumbo, dies KOTTAYAM: A mahout met with a tragic death as he got crushed under a tusker while giving bath to the animal here on Sunday. Tusker Bharath Vishwanathan owned by the Bharath Hospital Group accidentally crushed to death its mahout Arun Panicker, 40, hailing from Chennithala in Alappuzha, when he slipped and fell while trying to punish the elephant who was not obeying his commands. Soon after Panicker fell down, the el...