The family’s home state is home to large populations of roaming monkeys (Image: Getty)
A four-month-old baby has died after being grabbed by his parents and thrown from a building in India.
His father, Nirdesh Upadhyay, had carried the baby out to his third-floor roof terrace, accompanied by his wife, after the power went out at their home in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh state, on Friday.
The group of monkeys then jumped from another room and surrounded the family, according to local reports.
They tried to escape inside, but one of the animals lunged at the child and grabbed him before throwing him off the roof, killing him instantly.
Other family members ran to the terrace to help but were also attacked.
Mr Upadhyay, a farmer, told The Times of India: “The incident took place on Friday evening. It was getting dark.
“We were actually preparing for my older son’s birthday. My younger son started crying so I took him to the terrace.
“After some time, some monkeys jumped from another roof and two of them attacked me.
The once rural area of Bareilly is becoming increasingly densely populated (Image: Getty)
“One of them seemed to be leading the squad and grabbed my son. I screamed for help and then rushed downstairs to find my son covered in blood.
Uttar Pradesh is home to large roaming populations of rhesus monkeys that have been known to attack humans.
But a local forest official said the animals’ behavior towards the Upadhyay family was “abnormal” and “may require further investigation by experts”.
Local police and wildlife authorities have been called to investigate the incident.
Authorities in the area are currently working to relocate monkeys from densely populated areas following an increase in incidents of violence.
They include the death of a five-year-old girl elsewhere in Bareilly after she was grabbed and large chunks of skin torn off by a group of primates.
Two years earlier, a woman and her four children died in Shahjahanpur when monkeys reportedly pushed a pile of loose bricks onto them.
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