Vishnu

1: Manu (fatal attack)

1. 2026-02-05: mahout Vishnu fatal attack by Manu. The nine-year-old elephant bull, named Manu, reportedly crushed its first mahout, Vishnu, to death during the morning bathing session. The elephant first attacked the 25-year-old victim, a native of Venganoor, by throwing him into the water, subsequently trampling him to death. Vishnu † Vishnu Died 2026-02-05, Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre, Kattakkada, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Although Vishnu was taken to a hospital after other mahouts drove the elephant away from the scene, the doctors declared him ‘brought dead’. His body has been kept in the morgue of the Aryanad Government Hospital, according to the police.