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The family then took the boy to another hospital, after not being able to digest the news but doctors there also confirmed he child had died.
“Neha screamed for help while chasing the monkey. The monkey bit the neck of the infant and clawed other parts of his body,” a neighbour told the Hindustan Times.
“Efforts were made to lure the monkey by offering edibles but it dangled the child in its clutches, jumped on the rooftop and disappeared.”
Environmental activist Shravan Kumar said monkeys are turning more aggressive as their natural habitats have been destroyed and forest cover is gradually vanishing and they go in search of food and shelter.
“Monkeys are everywhere in Agra,” he said. “They are in all the five railway stations in the city, in hospitals, hotels and roads. They come in search of food, but they snatch and attack as well.”
This is the latest incident in a spate of monkey attacks in Agra, where they have become increasingly desensitised to humans.
Two months earlier, a toddler was attacked by monkeys and is recovering in hospital, while in May two tourists were attacked at the Taj Mahal, the city’s most famous landmark.
Some urban groups have called on the government to sterilise and cull monkeys in cities, saying they should not be protected under wildlife legislation.
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