Monkeys have reportedly saved a six-year-old girl from being raped by a sex addict after he ripped off her clothes.
The man lured the girl to an abandoned house in Baghpat in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh over the weekend, according to several Indian media outlets.
The girls’ parents say the man stripped the girl of her clothes and tried to rape her, but was interrupted by several monkeys who forced him to flee.
When the terrified girl returned home, she told her parents that the monkeys “saved” her from the man. Times of India information.
Her father told local media: “My daughter would have been dead already if the monkeys had not intervened.”
The young man (pictured above with the six-year-old girl) lured the girl to an abandoned house in Baghpat, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, over the weekend, according to Indian media.
The girls’ parents say the man stripped the girl of her clothes and tried to rape her, but was interrupted by several monkeys who made him flee (archive image of monkeys in India)
“My daughter was playing outside when the accused took her away,” the father added. “He also threatened my daughter with killing me.”
The man was caught on security cameras walking down a narrow alley in the village of Doula while holding the girl’s hand.
Police said the man, who appeared to be young, is a resident of another village, but they have not yet been able to identify him.
A police investigation has been launched into the alleged attempted rape, but a local police spokesman said the man is still at large.
(tags to translate)dailymail