Monkey that gave headache to many trapped

After almost 10 days of trying to trap a male monkey which had residents of Lower Parel in jitters, forest department officials managed to tranquilise the monkey on Friday morning at Lower Parel station.

The monkey had been raiding vegetables and fruits from vendors near the railway stations as well as nearby buildings and has also attacked couple of people. It also regularly visiting the platforms as well as FOB of Lower Parel railway station, and fearing an attack on commuters, the rail officials had lodged official complaints with the Thane forest department. A team from the forest department visited the station on November 9, and set up a trap cage near the Station Masters cabin on platform number 1.

"I had been visiting the Lower Parel station every morning for past three days and the staff of Thane territorial has been trying to trap the monkey for past eight days but the monkey successfully managed to give a slip," said Veterinary Officer for SGNP.