The Forest Department has taken into custody an eight-year-old captive elephant kept illegally at Pathanapuram and brought it to the elephant camp at Konni.
Department sources said the elephant, brought from Bihar, had been in illegal possession of S.Manoharan of Kandanalloor Thevalappuram at Kottarakkara since 2007.
A team of Forest Department officials led by Range Officer at Pathanapuram K.V. Harikrishnan took the pachyderm into custody on a directive of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests after Mr. Manoharan failed to produce documents of its ownership.
The department took the action on complaints of illegal possession of the captive elephant.
The elephant was brought to the elephant camp on Monday.