THRISSUR: Thechikkotukavu Ramachandran, the superstar tusker, has been banned from any temple processions. The elephant observatory panel presided by Thrissur collector T.V. Anupama took the decision as Ramachandran has a tendency to run amok.

Thechikkotukavu Ramachandran was banned in February after it was found that the elephant can’t even tolerate small noises. However, there is an emotion within the elephant and ‘pooram’ lovers to see Ramachandran at Thrissur Pooram. Their repeated applications for this have now gone in vain.

Ramachandran has killed 13 people so far. He recently ran amok on February 13. There were two fatalities in the incident. Due to protests from elephant lovers, Minister Sunil Kumar has said that he’ll try to resolve the issue.