PALAKKAD: A wild elephant was electrocuted near a paddy field at nearby Kanjikode here on Tuesday morning, police said.

It is suspected that the animal might have accidentally come in contact with a snapped overhead wire on which a tall tree had fallen near the paddy field.

The locals said the area was frequented by wild elephants from the adjoining Walayar-Malampuzha forests who cross a railway track and destroy their fields.