Andhra Pradesh: Monkey menace claims one

Nellore: In a tragic incident, an Intermediate second year student, Bandaru Venkateswarlu, 17, succumbed to injuries he sustained while trying to escape from a monkey that had entered a classroom in the Government Junior College at Pamuru in Prakasam district on Saturday afternoon. There were about 10 students in the classroom when the incident occurred. The victim is a native of CS Puram. 

Police said the monkey headed towards Venkateswarlu who was eating a banana after lunch. Panicked, Venkateswarlu tried to escape from the second door of the classroom. In the process, he tripped and his head hit a bench and fell unconscious. College principal Ranga Pullaiah and some lecturers rushed to the classroom. They shifted Venkateswarlu to the primary health centre in the town where he died while under treatment. Venkateswarlu’s father Ankababu fainted after seeing his son’s body and is hospitalised.