Parents say troop of monkeys saved their child from being raped - Police are investigating a family’s claims that a man tried to assault their six-year-old daughter before monkeys chased him away

The accused, who is on the run, has been booked under relevant sections of the POCSO Act. The police have initiated a search operation to apprehend him.

A six-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat was saved reportedly by monkeys when an unidentified man tried to rape the UKG student on Saturday (21 September). As per the complaint filed by the girl's parents, the accused lured the child into an abandoned house, where he undressed the girl and attempted to abuse her sexually.

Upon reaching home, the frightened child narrated her ordeal to the parents and informed them how the perpetrator ran away when some angry monkeys came around.

After the incident, the UKG student narrated her ordeal to her parents and told them that the monkeys had "saved" her from the accused