A clutch of monkeys have fended off a rapist and rescued a six-year-old girl from being raped and killed.
The monkeys attacked the rapist who had lured the child into an abandoned building while she was playing outside her home.
The incident happened on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat, India.
The Times of India reports that the victim, a kindergarten pupil, recounted the incident to her family and informed them of how the monkeys came to her rescue.
According to the victim’s father, she was playing outside their house when the accused took her to an abandoned house.
He then took off her clothes and attempted to rape her, when a group of monkeys aggressively attacked the man, forcing him to flee.
“The man could be seen in nearby CCTV footage, walking on a narrow lane with my daughter. He is yet to be identified.
“He also threatened my child that he would kill me. My daughter would have been dead by now if the monkeys had not intervened,” the girl’s father said.
Following the incident, the victim’s parents filed a complaint at the nearest police station.
The police have registered an FIR under BNS sections 74 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 76 (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe).
They also file the Pocso Act against the accused, Baghpat Circle officer Harish Bhadoria told The Times of India
