kochi the heritage animal task force hatf an ngo that works for rehabilitation of elephants has alleged that a wild elephant captured from attappadi and brought to nature study centre in kaprikkad has a live bullet inside its forehead forest officials denied this allegation and said that four veterinary doctors examined the animal when it was captured last month the elephant might have been wounded when it was roaming in the forest we had applied medicine on it said v p jayaprakash mannakkard dfo the elephant was brought to kaprikkad on may 29 veterinary doctors have been treating it with medicines we dont know what caused the wound on its forehead said kodanad dfo sanil i p the task force says that the wild elephant was kept in a narrow cage in kaprikkad without having any modern veterinary care and bullets were removed from its body the elephant is a victim of poaching v k venkatachalam secretary of the hatf said