Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has decided to send a team of forest officials to Tamil Nadu to inspect the condition of the elephant ‘Joymala’, after a video went viral where the Mahout was seen torturing the animal.

If the team finds evidence of any torture, the Assam government will take every possible measure to bring back the elephant.

CM Himanta Biswa Sarma informed that the government would bring back every elephant sent from Assam to other states if it finds any evidence of cruelty being meted out to them. 

“It’s not about just one elephant. Our government is committed towards rescuing other captive elephants from Assam if they are subjected to cruelty. But at the moment we are verifying the claims of cruelty,” CM Sarma said.

This came following a Twitter video released by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) showing Joymala, an elephant from Assam, being tortured inside a temple complex in Tamil Nadu.

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