An elephant fell into a private well in Kerala's Malappuram district on Thursday morning, the forest department is facing difficulties in rescuing it as the locals want the elephant to be relocated to a deep forest area instead of releasing it in the same area again, PTI reported.

As per PTI, the owner of the land in Urangattiri where the well is situated and other local residents raised concerns and told the Nilambur DFO that they will not allow anyone to carry out the rescue work till an assurance is given that the elephant will quieten and transported into a deep forest.