A few months after students from a medical college in Chennai threw a dog off the terrace, another case of animal brutality has come up from Vellore in Tamil Nadu. Reports say that four students of the Christian Medical College killed a monkey after torturing it and buried the remains near their mess on campus.
An NDTV report mentions that a video by animal-rights activists of the exhumation of the body shows the creature with its arms tied behind its back and a telephone cable wrapped around its neck.
In a Facebook post, animal-welfare activist Shravan Krishnan said that The female bonnet macaque wandered into the hostel on November 19. "They tied her hands and started abusing and torturing her by beating her with sticks and belts, broke her legs, jaws and finally put a rod up her anus and killed her. The monkey was buried behind the hostel mess by the college sweepers."
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Here is the video of the exhumation:
The general secretary of the hostel is said to have suspended the students immediately and informed their parents about the episode. A complaint has been filed in the matter at the Bagyam police station under Section 429 of the IPC and under provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.
“I have never seen a more horrifying sight in all my years in animal welfare,” Krishnan was quoted as saying.
The monkey was only 12 months old and the college students are said to be in the third-year of their education. Meanwhile, the college has condemned their actions with the principal Anna Pulimood reiterating that the students will be brought to task.
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Here is animal-rights activist Shravan Krishan's post on Facebook:
Pictures Sourced From Sharavan Krishnan's Facebook Page
