Prankster playing with monkey penalised
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 11 2014:
A prankster who was feeding Coca Cola soft drink laced with alcohol to a monkey at Manipur Zoological Garden was caught by the zoo's staff and the mischievous man was later slapped a fine of Rs 3000 .
At around 3.30 pm yesterday, one Joshua L Inbuon (23) of Lamphel Super Market was caught red-handed while he was feeding Coca Cola soft drink mixed with alcohol to the monkey species listed in Schedule 1, informed an official source.
The Manipur Zoological Garden Range Officer registered an FIR and the prankster was lodged in police custody for one day.
Joshua pleaded guilty before the Manipur Zoological Garden Director today.
The case was shut after a fine of Rs 3000 was slapped on Joshua.
Joshua said that he fed soft drink mixed with alcohol to the black monkey in an inebriated condition as he was driven by a curiosity about the monkey's reaction after consuming alcohol.
The official further appealed to all the people not to feed anything to animals kept in the zoo as it may lead to unwanted consequences.