As per police depend, greater than 100 monkeys have been exhumed from the pit. (Representational)
Hathras:
Greater than 100 monkeys perished after inhaling a pesticide sprayed in a meals godown and have been stealthily buried in a pit, police on Friday mentioned.
On Friday, the our bodies of monkeys, buried in a pit, have been taken out for a postmortem by a group of veterinarians.
Circle Officer Yogendra Krishna Narayan mentioned police got here to know concerning the deaths on Wednesday.
Police have registered a case towards the workers of Meals Company of India and began an investigation.
In keeping with police, the chemical in query was aluminium phosphide sprayed on wheat sacks to guard it from bugs and rodents in an FCI warehouse on November 7.
A troop of monkeys entered the warehouse by way of a damaged window of the godown on the night time of November 7 and ended up inhaling the fuel.
When the employees opened the warehouse on November 9, they noticed a number of monkeys lifeless.
They allegedly selected to not inform their seniors about deaths and buried the our bodies in a pit.
The CO mentioned the our bodies have been exhumed when some Vishv Hindu Parishad leaders got here to know concerning the incident.
As per police depend, greater than 100 monkeys have been exhumed from the pit.
Their our bodies have been in late stage decay, the officer mentioned.
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