Report making rounds online had it that a troop of monkeys intervened to save a 6-year-old girl from a rape attempt in India.
The unidentified accused was charged under the Pocso Act and is on the run, police said in a statement on Sunday, September 22, 2024.
The girl's parents claimed that a man had lured their child to an abandoned house on Saturday, where he took off her clothes and was attempting to sexually assault her, when a few monkeys aggressively rushed towards him, forcing him to leave the minor and flee.
After reaching home, the traumatised child narrated her ordeal to her family and informed them how the monkeys "saved her from the accused".
The unidentified accused was charged under the Pocso Act and is on the run, police said in a statement on Sunday, September 22, 2024.
The girl's parents claimed that a man had lured their child to an abandoned house on Saturday, where he took off her clothes and was attempting to sexually assault her, when a few monkeys aggressively rushed towards him, forcing him to leave the minor and flee.
After reaching home, the traumatised child narrated her ordeal to her family and informed them how the monkeys "saved her from the accused".