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Monkeys
are a major menace across India, often trashing gardens, buildings and
sometimes viciously attacking people for food ©Manpreet Romana (AFP)
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Fourteen
monkeys have died after snatching and then eating biscuits laced with rat
poison in eastern India, officials said Monday.
The
troop of 16 langurs grabbed the biscuits from a local hawker as he tried to
sell them in the eastern state of West Bengal but fell violently ill soon
afterwards on Sunday.
"Immediately
after devouring the biscuits, 14 of them died on the spot and two were admitted
to a veterinary hospital," state forest ranger Shyamal Mukherjee told AFP,
adding that an autopsy was being conducted.
Police
have opened a criminal investigation against the hawker who fled in the
aftermath of the deaths.
Though
revered in the majority Hindu nation, monkeys are a major menace, often
trashing gardens, office and residential rooftops and even viciously attacking
people for food.
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Langur
Monkeys take food handouts from an Indian pedestrian in Ahmedabad. In India,
monkeys are regarded as Lord Hanuman and are fed well in many regions.
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Concerns
about India's rising monkey population prompted parliamentary authorities to
recently hire a group of actors to impersonate giant monkeys and scare away
smaller simians who had been terrifying lawmakers.
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