Monkeys arrested in Delhi for stealing cash, Carjacking & even bullying: They were trained for almost everything
One monkey used to sit on the driver seat, the other blocked one side of a rikshaw and used to steal cash from wallets of people with the help of three men who helped & trained them.
Two men who roamed the Indian capital along with monkeys to rob unsuspecting victims were arrested by New Delhi police on Saturday. The third thief is still at large while the monkeys have been sent to an animal rescue center.
But their way of looting is uncommon something they actually trained the monkeys hard for because the main job during the looting was of the monkeys and not the men.
The case came to light in early March, when a man in the Indian city’s Malviya Nagar neighborhood reported that three men carrying monkeys had robbed him of ₹6,000 (about $80).
The victim was sitting in an autorickshaw — a three-wheeled vehicle — when the men directed two monkeys to sit in the front and back seats, with one monkey snagging the man’s wallet and running away.
The peculiar nature of the crime made Delhi Police spring up in action. In the following days, a dedicated team of cops scanned area’s CCTV footages, activated informants and deployed sources. Based on tip-offs, several raids were conducted.
Authorities across India have been grappling with the menace posed by monkeys in Delhi and other populated cities, where they often enter homes in search of food.
Last year a troop of monkeys attacked a medical official and snatched blood samples of patients who had tested positive for coronavirus in UP’s Meerut city.
