India News | 2 Held for Chaining Monkey for Theme Party in Kolkata

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Two persons, including the owner of a nightclub in Shakespeare Sarani here, were arrested for allegedly chaining a monkey for a theme party, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said.

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Kolkata, Jun 19 (PTI) Two persons, including the owner of a nightclub in Shakespeare Sarani here, were arrested for allegedly chaining a monkey for a theme party, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said.

Acting on a complaint lodged by a forest range officer, police arrested the duo for keeping the animal chained last week, he said.

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The accused have been booked under different sections of the IPC and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.

"We have started an investigation," the officer added.

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