Over 100 Monkeys Die After Inhaling Pesticide In UP, Buried Secretly: Cops
More than 100 monkeys perished after inhaling a pesticide sprayed in a food godown and were stealthily buried in a pit, police on Friday said. On Friday, the bodies of monkeys, buried in a pit, were taken out for a postmortem by a team of veterinarians. Circle Officer Yogendra Krishna Narayan said police came to know about the deaths on Wednesday. Police have registered a case against the employees of Food Corporation of India and started an investigation. According to police, the chemical in question was aluminium phosphide sprayed on wheat sacks to protect it from insects and rodents in an FCI warehouse on November 7. A troop of monkeys entered the warehouse through a… Read More »Over 100 Monkeys Die After Inhaling Pesticide In UP, Buried Secretly: Cops