Indian officials captured a male monkey recently that had created havoc by biting at least 30 people. <br /><br />It had even a pushed a few people from the roof of a building in Bhubaneswar, prompting residents of the area to block the road for an hour in protest.<br /><br />A team from a local biological park tranquillized the monkey and removed it to a far away habitat. <br /><br />Honorary Wildlife Warden Subhendu Mallik said the male monkey had been raised as a pet and then abandoned by its owner. <br /><br />“It was used to getting easy food from humans. It would attack people when they would not respond to it,” he said.<br /><br />“Langurs are a protected species under Indian laws and it is illegal to keep them confined,” he added.
