Hungry elephant breaks into Coimbatore home for rice, video viral

A male wild elephant entered the residential area of Therkkupalayam in Coimbatore district on Saturday night. A group of guest workers residing in a rental house were cooking when they noticed the tusker's movement.

They immediately turned off the gas stove, but the elephant managed to use its trunk to grab a bag of ration rice from the house. After eating the rice, the elephant left the area.

The guest workers recorded the incident on their mobile phones, and the video went viral on social media on Sunday morning.