The letter was sent in advance of the next high court of Bombay hearing, scheduled for March 3, for a case in which PETA is seeking Sunder's release. MLA Vinay Kore donated Sunder to the Jyotiba temple in 2007, and the elephant has been kept chained and inside dark sheds for most of that time. PETA has obtained video footage showing that his mahout violently beat him with a pole near a poultry shed where he has been chained at the behest of Kore. In August 2012, Kadam's office issued an order for Sunder's release, but it has yet to be implemented. In December 2013, the high court of Bombay also ordered Sunder's transfer to a sanctuary, but he has yet to be released.
"Unfortunately, despite orders from your good office, as well as from the high court of Bombay, for Sunder's release, he is still being held fast in iron shackles, living in mortal fear of the very same mahout who was seen on video beating him without mercy,'' Grover writes. "I may have played a bad man in films, but we are dealing with a real-life 'bad man' situation here that cries out for justice," he adds.
The Maharashtra state government informed the high court of Bombay that its efforts to relocate Sunder to a sanctuary failed because he is in musth (a period of sexual urge in male elephants), which is, according to officials, making him aggressive. However, a report from Dr TS Rajeev with the Centre for Elephant Studies at the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences in Mannuthy and Dr Sasindra Dev, Forest Veterinary Officer, Konni - two independent elephant experts from Kerala who examined Sunder and were authorized by the Animal Welfare Board of India, a statutory body operating under the ministry of environment and forests, to do so - states that Sunder is not in musth and is "generally apathetic", not aggressive, in nature. The experts' report also reveals that he is suffering both physically and mentally.
This isn't the first time that Grover, who recently starred with Sonakshi Sinha and Saif Ali Khan in Bullett Raja, has teamed up with PETA to help animals. In 2007, he appeared in a print ad to encourage the adoption of homeless dogs. He also appeared in a print ad alongside the wordsv"Stop the Real Villains" and starred in a video - both aimed at fighting cruelty to animals who are transported to slaughterhouses for the leather industry.
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