New Delhi, May 18
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Lieut-Governor of Delhi today called a meeting of senior police officers to discuss the law and order situation in the Capital after the mysterious monkey-man’s attack claiming two lives.
Sources said the meeting was called to find whether it was monkey-man or a mischief monger who had created a fear psychosis among residents of the Capital. In the scare of the monkey-man has engulfed the entire Capital.
While the crack team of the Delhi police constituted yesterday was busy in search of the creature, residents of Preet Vihar in East Delhi turned violent last night. They beat up a man, Om Prakash, thinking him to be the monkey-man.
Momin, a resident of Khureji, was arrested in this case.
According to the sources, while Om Prakash was going with his friends Ram Singh, Sanjay and Tarun Oberio towards Khureji in a jeep, their vehicle was stopped by the residents who were patrolling the area in search of the mysterious attacker. While Om Prakash was caught, his friends managed to escape under the cover of darkness.
The residents beat Om Prakash as they suspected him to be the monkey-man. He received severe injuries and has been admitted to a hospital.
The police also arrested a doctor
working with the ESI hospital in Noida, Nagender, from the Shakarpur area of East Delhi for creating a panic by throwing a hand glove on the street.
However, residents of the Capital, particularly of qhettos, are in a state of panic due to the mysterious attacks. Carrying sticks and torchlights, they maintained vigil all through last night in several parts of the Capital fearing an attack by the elusive monkey-man.
An official of the Delhi police said that police
received a total of 80 calls from all over the Capital. Of them, only 10 were found to be true.
The injured were taken to hospital from where they were discharged after the first aid.
A 23-year-old woman received injuries after falling from a terrace, but the monkey-man was not involved in the case.
