jaipur the forest department on tuesday tranquillised a rogue elephant at bilwari village in jhalawar district the enraged jumbo had unleashed panic in the area chasing trucks and other vehicles on the highway near the village on monday night the elephant was coming from madhya pradesh along with its mahout a priestjhalawar dfo hemant singh shekhawat said the elephant was in musth a periodic condition characterised by highly aggressive behaviour owing to the rise in reproductive hormones in autumn and early winteron monday night our team and the mahout somehow managed to take the elephant to nearby fields and tied one leg however after a while it turned violent again and uprooted trees our staff and the caretaker were on their toes roundtheclock to distract the animal from a distance shekhawat saidas it was found necessary to tranquillise the aggressive animal the forest department called a team from kota the elephant was kept in the fields near the village and forest officials prevented it from going berserkon tuesday the veterinary doctor from kota tranquillised the animal a pit has been dug near the elephant as experts said that it likes to drink a lot of water and food during this period said an officialsources said this was the first time that a tame elephant had to be tranquillised in such circumstances in rajasthan since the case was one of its kind the forest administration also sought advice from the wildlife institute of india wiidehradun and ngos dealing with jumbosbalu khan a mahout at hathigaon said one can easily identify a musth elephant there will be a secretion over its ear and eye it is prominent an elephant in musth can be dangerous and cause widespread damage to crops and property