32 wild monkeys drown in irrigation well in bid to quench thirst in Jharkhand

As many as 32 wild monkeys were suspected to have drowned in an irrigation well in Jharkhand's Palamu district in a bid to quench their thirst, a forest official said on Monday.

It took place in Sorath village in Panki block and the corpses were



found on Sunday, but officials were yet to ascertain the exact date of the incident.

"A total of 32 wild monkeys were found dead in an irrigation well in Sorath... the corpses were fished out," Medininagar Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Kumar Ashish said