‘World’s most wanted monkey’ is finally ‘arrested’ after attacking 20 people in two-week reign of terror

THE “world’s most wanted monkey” has finally been “arrested” after attacking 20 people in a two-week reign of terror. The ferocious primate had a £200 bounty on its head before it was caught in India on Wednesday. NewsflashThe ferocious monkey had reportedly attacked 20 people, including eight children[/caption] NewsflashThe primate was caught by wildlife officials in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh[/caption] NewsflashOfficials said they will release the monkey into the wild where it can’t harm more people[/caption] The £200 reward had been posted by fed-up officials and residents in a bid to end the monkey’s series of terrorizing acts. Wildlife experts in Madhya Pradesh used a drone to find the monkey and shot it with a tranquiliser dart before whisking it into a cage. The wild animal had reportedly attacked at least 20 people including eight children during the two-week stretch. Officials said that the notorious attacker would often perch on the roofs of homes and on windowsills – apparently looking for its next targets. Many of those who were attacked ended up with deep gashes requiring stitches. NDTV reported that a CCTV camera in the area had captured footage of the beast pouncing on an elderly man before dragging him to the ground. The multi-second long attack left the man with a deep wound on his thigh. Local official Vinod Sahu said: “The municipality did not have the means to catch that monkey. “We reached out to the District Collector and with his help, called in a rescue team of the forest department from Ujjain. “The municipality staff and local residents helped them, but it still took four hours to catch the monkey.” He added: “We had offered a cash prize of £200 for catching the monkey. We will give it to the animal rescue team now.” Gaurav Gupta, a forestry officer, said that the local team in Rajgarh had tried to catch the monkey for the past two weeks without success. He said: “We reached out to special teams in several districts. “As soon as the Ujjain team was available, they rushed to Rajgarh and after a four-hour operation, we caught the monkey.” The officer added: “Most probably, it will be released in a dense forest area so that it cannot harm people.” This comes after a group of monkeys caused the death of a three-year-old boy in Telangana, India, after they reportedly pushed a boulder off a roof crushing the child to death. And in July 2022, a vicious monkey attacked a young girl and left her fighting for her life. Shocking video showed the primate biting the helpless tot, who was believed to be a Ukrainian refugee, after it escaped from a millionaire neighbour’s zoo.