Coimbatore: A five-year-old male elephant was found dead with injuries at Semmedu near Alandurai on Wednesday.
District forest officer D Venkatesh said, “The elephant had bruises all over its body and mouth,” he said.
The elephant had been roaming on the banks of Noyyal, he said.
He said when they got information on Wednesday morning, they had sent a team with a doctor to the spot. “When we reached the spot around 2.45pm, we found the elephant lying dead,” he added.