Monkey stalls IGI operations for hours

New Delhi: After a recent incident when a dog bit a passenger at the international airport, a monkey caused operations to be stalled for a few hours on Sunday.
According to airport sources, the monkey was spotted by passengers and CISF officials at the international airports security hold area about 5 pm. Consequently, gates 10 and 11 were closed for a few hours.
The team from Wildlife SOS was called in to take care of this ‘unusual visitor’ and till late evening, the simian lay hidden ‘‘ somewhere and managed to evade capture’’ . Said Karthik Satyanarayan from Wildlife SOS: ‘‘ The monkey had apparently been frequenting the airport for a few weeks now and has been found staying between the false and actual ceilings. But we have not been able to capture him since there is a huge tangle of wires there. We got a call in the evening and have been trying to trap the animal since then.
17/09/07 Neha Lalchandani/Economic Times

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Categories: Airports Sep 2007