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Rajakumari's Emily Gnanamuthu, a widow, faces hardship after an elephant attack and subsequent lack of government aid.
Residents discovered the elephant in the forest on Saturday, approximately 500 meters from the Chinnakanal settlement.
The TN official also cited security reasons for not releasing recent images of the elephant to the public.
The female elephant herds are often six to eight-member strong and go by the names 'Aarukootam' and 'Ettukootam'.
The elephant is now in the Kothayar forest in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu.
Arikomban's capture from Chinnakanal on April 29 last year caught national attention.
Hyderabad-based sharpshooter Nawab Shafath Ali Khan, who killed man-eater tigress Avni, was reportedly invited to join Operation Belur Makhna.
The tiger killed and partially ate a dairy farmer in Wayanad's Sulthan Bathery recently.
The ground team is looking after the health and well being of the elephant since its release in KMTR about 75 days ago, KMTR Conservator of Forests & Field Director said.
The elephant was released here in the first week of June after it was caught near Pachanampatti in Theni district of Tamil Nadu.
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