A woman in Veeramangudi, Tamil Nadu was robbed by a troop of monkeys after they broke into her hut and stole cash worth Rs 25,000, gold jewellery and eatables. The incident was reported on Tuesday from Veeramangudi in Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu. Unfortunately, the woman had kept her jewellery and life savings in that rice bag. According to villagers, the woman bought the jewellery from her savings from working in the fields and under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), reported The New Indian Express. In May this year, a monkey attacked a lab technician, snatched vials containing blood samples from three coronavirus patients and escaped.

Source: dna August 19, 2020 12:33 UTC