Nearly 3 Hundred monkeys attacked residents of Aurangabad district in Maharashtra- Acc to local news

Aurangabad, Maharashtra - Nearly 3 Hundred monkeys attacked residents of Aurangabad district in Maharashtra. They have caused severe damage to their crops and homes, as well as causing fear. According to locals, the monkeys have been invading the Upla village from a long time. But their attacks have escalated over the past few month. Many monkey catcher try to catch them but fails.

PTI reached out to a senior forest department official in this area who told PTI Thursday that they haven't received any complaints from the village about monkeys beacue their monkey catcher work not properly. The tiny village of Sillod is home to around 1,600 people. However, many of these residents have to stay indoors due the monkey menace. Children and women are both afraid as the apes make their way into the home to eat food. A villager claims she suffered serious injuries when a monkey attacked and killed her a few years ago.

Another resident reported that "many farmers have had their crops damaged by the gangs of monkeys who move in large numbers." People are afraid to even go out into the village. Meerabai Suradkar, Upla’s sarpanch (village chief), stated that monkeys have been living within the village for several decades. "But, their number has increased. There are 300 monkeys living in the village. She claimed that the monkeys have damaged many homes' roofs. When she was asked how the monkeys get to the village, her answer was, "There isn't a forest near here, but there are some hills 20-30km away."

Another local stated that monkeys have been eating cotton, maize, and other crops at the village's farms. "They have also caused damage to vehicles." He also said that the village's many homes had suffered damage to their tin roofs.

One woman from the village claimed that while she brings chapattis to her family who are at the farm, the monkeys grab the food. She stated, "If we attempt to drive them away they attack me." A forest department official confirmed that no complaints had been received about monkeys coming from Upla village. If we get any complaints, we'll investigate it."