Arikomban

Arikomban (born c. 1986/1987) is a wild male Indian elephant from Kerala, India. The elephant is known for his raids on local shops for rice and causing damage in Chinnakanal area of Munnar and is rumoured to have killed ten people and injured many. The name Arikomban is a combination of the Malayalam words ari, meaning rice, and komban, meaning tusker.

Arikomban is estimated to be born in the late 1980s. He was initially known as Chinnakomban. The elephant started violence in the region in the early 2010s. Arikomban's practice involves breaking into ration shops, home kitchens and grocery stores and eating rice. A native's ration shop in Panniyar Estate was vandalized nine times in a year by Arikomban. Since 2005, more than 75 buildings have been destroyed by the elephant. On 29 April 2023, the Kerala wildlife department tranquillised and captured Arikomban from Chinnakanal and released into the Periyar National Park.