<h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">Mission Arikomban Arikompan&nbsp;</strong></h1><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h3><strong>Context&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">The forest department has initiated <strong>‘Mission Arikomban’,</strong> an operation to capture the rogue tusker.</li></ul><h3><strong>About&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1"><strong>‘Mission Arikomban’ is a mission by the Kerala forest department to capture a wild elephant called ‘Arikomban’ posing threats to human habitations in Idukki district.</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">Over the past few years, Arikomban has trampled at least 10 people to death and destroyed around 60 houses and shops.&nbsp;</li><li class="ql-indent-1">The forest department has come up with a plan to capture Arikomban and train it to be a ‘kumki’, a captive elephant used for operations against rogue elephants.</li></ul><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong>PRELIMS NOTES:</strong><a href="https://www.sunyaias.com/subscription-details/prelims-2023-sunya-notes-current-affairs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></a></h1>