Monkey deaths in Karnataka: Couple hired to capture, shift monkeys who died of suffocation in gunny bags

Days after over 30 monkeys were found dead in Chowdanahalli village of Karnataka's Hassan district, officials on Monday said that the monkeys were caught and being shifted to the forest area in gunny bags when they suffocated and died.

Days after over 30 monkeys were found dead in Chowdanahalli village of Karnataka's Hassan district, officials on Monday said that the monkeys were caught and being shifted to the forest area in gunny bags when they suffocated and died. As many as 38 monkeys were found dead and 20 others injured in the district's Chowdanahalli village last week. Officials initially suspected that the monkeys were poisoned, stuffed in gunny bags, beaten and thrown on the roadside near Chowdanahalli by some miscreants. The 20 monkeys injured in the incident were immediately provided with water by the villagers.