A few months back, two medical students in Chennai had thrown a dog from the terrace in an act of enjoying the animal getting tortured. Months after the incident, another animal torture incident came to light when a dead monkey was found with her hands tied with wire.

The incident took place in Vellore, where four medical students from the Christian Medical College killed a 14-month-old female monkey in a brutal way. The animal's hands and neck were tied with a telephone wire and it was tortured.

Officials are suspecting that all the four students committed the crime under the influence of alcohol.

The incident came to light when some students informed animal activists in Chennai about the incident.

According to the FIR filed by the animal activists, the students were identified as Jasper Samuel Sahoo, Rohit Kumar Yenukotti, Arun Loui Sasi Kumar and Alex Chekalayil.

Wildlife conversationalist Nishanth Ravi said "the animal succumbed to the torture after suffering multiple fractures all over the body. The animal was allegedly attacked with belts and rods on the hostel terrace. The animal’s stomach was cut open and the intestine and organs were out. I cannot imagine the plight the monkey went through."

As the incident took place around 12.30 pm due to which some students heard the cries of the animal and complained to a Mumbai based activist.

“We rushed to Vellore on Monday, after learning about it. With the information received through an insider, we exhumed the carcass in the presence of tahsildar, village administrative officer and veterinary officer,” said another activist, Shravan Krishnan.

The Principal of the college said, “Monkey menace is a serious issue here. There have been instances of monkey entering the rooms and being aggressive with students.”

According to the sub-inspector of Bagayam police station, a case has been registered in Bagayam police station under section 429 of the Indian Penal Code for mischief by killing or maiming animals which entails a punishment or a fine or both. The report of the autopsy conducted in CMC would be released on Thursday.

There have been many such incidents of animal killing and torture but no proper action is being taken place. Killing an animal is equal to killing a human being. So, Say No to Animal Torture!

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BY M. DIVYA SRI