Archive · 2 Aug 2026
Indore Elephant Attack: Case Filed Against Mahout, Owner
An elephant was in Indore and it killed a driver named Vijay Holkar.
The elephant was from Bihar and was being taken to Ujjain after a religious event.
The truck carrying it broke down, so the elephant walked into Indore.
The forest department said the people who moved the elephant did not get permission.
They filed a case against the mahout, Umesh Goswami, and the owner, Sandeep Nirmohi.
The case is under a law that says you need permission to move wild animals.
CCTV video shows the elephant shaking its trunk to tell the driver to stay away.
The authorities are investigating the incident.
Five days after an auto‑rickshaw driver was killed by an elephant in Indore, authorities filed a case.
Mahout Umesh Goswami and owner Sandeep Nirmohi are charged under Section 48A for transporting a wild animal without permission.
The elephant, registered in Bihar, was being moved to Ujjain after a religious event in Telangana but ended up in Indore after a truck breakdown.
DFO Lal Sudhakar Singh said the necessary forest department permission was not obtained.
CCTV footage showed the elephant shaking its trunk to warn driver Vijay Holkar to move away.
- Who
- Mahout Umesh Goswami, owner Sandeep Nirmohi, forest officer Lal Sudhakar Singh, driver Vijay Holkar
- What
- Case filed for transporting an elephant without permission
- When
- July 26, 2024
- Where
- Indore district, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Why
- Elephant was moved into the district without required forest department permission
- Incident date
- July 26, 2024
- Location
- Indore district, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Victim
- Vijay Holkar, 49, auto‑rickshaw driver
- Perpetrators
- Mahout Umesh Goswami, owner Sandeep Nirmohi
- Legal action
- Case registered under Section 48A of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972