In a video which has now gone viral, a 13-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh's Basti was seen speaking of an incident wherein she used a virtual assistant technology Alexa to fend off a monkey attack.
Bareilly Chief Conservator of Forests Lalit Verma said that the incident has been reported and a team of forest department has been sent to conduct an investigation.
Sachin Kand, Beed Forest Officer said, "Two monkeys involved in the killing of dogs have been captured by a Nagpur Forest Department team in Beed. Both the monkeys are being shifted to Nagpur to be released in a nearby forest."
The killings are believed to be an act of revenge after a few dogs killed an infant monkey.
A video clip on social media showing a band of monkeys with samples snatched from a lab technician triggered a false alarm over coronavirus. Some thought the samples being taken to Meerut medical college were from suspected COVID-19 patients, and could infect the monkeys and then people.
The incident happened on Saturday in Titawi police station area, they said. Police said the monkey was on the terrace while the baby boy was in the ground floor with his parents
According to the family, Sunny's mother was feeding him on Monday evening when the monkey snatched the infant and ran away with him. Shocked family members chased the monkey and later found the baby lying blood-soaked on a neighbour's terrace.
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