They were released after intervention of senior police officers. Meanwhile, tension ensued when the railway protection force (RPF) detained five officials of the Coimbatore forest division, who reached the Palakkad railway station to retrieve data from the train’s microprocessor-based energy-cum-speed recording unit. They were buried in the forest after a team led by forest veterinary officer A Sukumar conducted postmortem,” he said. The carcasses were shifted to the reserve forest using a crane. “A 15-year-old tuskless male and a six-year-old female elephant were found dead near the track. District forest officer T K Ashok Kumar said the train dragged a 25-year-old female elephant, which was pregnant, for more than 140 metres. “We released the loco pilots after recording their statements and taking undertakings for cooperation in the investigation,” said principal chief conservator of forests Shekhar Kumar Niraj. The pilots, who were taken to Coimbatore for questioning, were released later. While Subair has 28 years of experience, Akhil has six years of experience, railway sources said. Loco pilot M T Subair, 54 and assistant loco pilot M C Akhil, 31, were booked under Section 9 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. Coimbatore: The forest department on Saturday registered a case against the loco pilot and the assistant loco pilot of the Mangalore-Chennai Express that mowed down three wild elephants at Navakkarai here on Friday night.
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