The latest initiative by the Telangana govt to setup “foods courts” for monkey across the state was applauded by many. But that considerate gesture, which was in component to avoid the monkeys from straying into human habitat, has now been marred by a horrendous and inhumane act carried out by a couple youths in Khammam district of Telangana. A monkey was captured and hanged from a tree right up until it died.
The video of the disturbing incident has been shared broadly on social media, drawing critical flak from netizens who demand stern motion versus the culprits. The forest officers identified the culprits as Sadu Venkateswar Rao and his neighbors Goudelli Ganapathi and G Rajashekar.
The entire incident, which demonstrates unspeakable brutality towards the monkey, was captured on the mobile phone of the accused. The incident took area on Friday and the accused were taken into custody for questioning on Sunday.
Accused unshaken by the suffering of the monkey
As revealed in the video, the accused can be witnessed keeping sticks in their hands to beat the monkey, which is already struggling from staying by a tree. The youths further more released dogs to attack the monkey.
According to reports, just one of the monkeys, which regularly entered the fields and moved close to the residence of a farmer, fell into a drinking water tub and the person captured it, conquer it with sticks, took to the fields and hanged it from a tree to scare other monkeys. It is disturbing to check out the monkey endure as it endlessly tried to escape. But it died at last.
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Accused booked
In accordance to Sathupalli Forest Range Officer (FRO) A Venkateswaralu, the 3 youths ended up arrested and a case under the Wildlife Safety Act has been registered in opposition to them. Immediately after currently being questioned, the accused Venkateswar Rao confessed to the crime and was launched on personalized bond. On the other hand, he would be summoned to the forest workplace for even more enquiry on Monday, Telangana Now documented.
