New Delhi, May 23 -- An elephant ran amok in a residential area of Thrissur city on Saturday morning, damaging vehicles, houses and trees and triggering panic among residents, police said. No injuries were reported in the incident.

According to police, the elephant became agitated while returning from a temple event and ran nearly two kilometres through parts of the city before entering a residential colony where senior BJP leader B Gopalakrishnan resides.

The jumbo overturned and damaged several vehicles and also caused destruction to compound walls and roadside trees. Among the damaged vehicles was a car driven by a woman on her way to work.

Television visuals showed the elephant lifting the car repeatedly with its tusks before flipp...