India, July 6 -- Malayalam star Mohanlal has declared to the Kerala Forest Department that he possesses 10 elephant tusks and 13 ivory idols. This comes after the Kerala High Court, in 2025, cancelled ownership certificates for the tusks. The case dates back to 2011, when a routine income tax raid uncovered something more.

In 2011, income tax officials entered Mohanlal's home in Kochi's Thevara neighbourhood expecting financial documents and cash. What they allegedly discovered instead were elephant tusks and ivory artefacts displayed as heirlooms. They were seized under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, which strictly prohibits possession of ivory without government certification and a case was registered.

Down To Earth reported tha...