Chennai: Visit to the famous Marina Beach is no longer a pleasant opportunity, with gangs using child beggars and baby monkeys to target visitors, complain of permanent visitors.
Children, don’t release the legs targeted to get paid.
Nutritional monkeys are sad sights, said animal activists, showing that using it because begging is not allowed, while others demand action against rackets.
“It seems that the racket is organized because children don’t go even if we say no.
They hold on to our feet, who harass, and there is a possibility that we are accused of being accused by people behind the racket if we try to encourage them,” said K Naresh, the usual on the beach.
Personnel at Police Station Anna Square and Marina told Ti that while they did not receive a written complaint from the public about the incident, a member of the patrol team intervened when informed by several beach visitors.
On Monday, the forest department official team acted on a tip-off and saved a monkey baby used to look for alms but children with it managed to give a slip.
A senior senior official said a group of North Indian children was involved in this matter.
Saved monkeys belonging to the Bonnet Macaques (Macaca Radiata) species are included in Schedule II (Part I) of the 1972 Wildlife Wildlife Protection Act.
“People found to have this animal will face penalty in the form of a penalty and prison.
The first violator Can be punished by prison for up to 3 years along with a 25,000 penalty, while repetitive offenders can experience up to 7 years in joint penalty, “the official said.
Activists say baby monkeys involved, mostly malnourished, arrested from forest areas in Kancheepuram and Vellore.
Other wildlife officials say the office range in Velachery is used to get such complaints once or twice a month.
Three months ago, they received a call about the Macaque adult ax stored in the corner of Parry.
The animal was found chained by an old woman who managed to escape.