Monkey snatches woman’s phone in Shivamogga, mimics using it
Shivamogga: In an incident reported from Kuvempu Road in the city on Wednesday, a monkey snatched a young woman's mobile phone and spent nearly an hour playing with the device, mimicking human behavior, before finally leaving it for a banana.
The young woman, working as a lab technician at Nanjappa Hospital, had kept her phone by an open window when the monkey suddenly grabbed it and climbed a nearby tree.
Onlookers were astonished to see the monkey behaving almost like a human, holding the phone to its chest, staring at the screen, and even pretending to answer a call by placing the device near its ear.
Several people gathered below the tree, trying to lure the monkey with bananas and by repeatedly calling the phone, hoping it would drop the device.
However, the monkey held on tightly and continued playing with it.
The monkey eventually came down onto the hospital’s rooftop after spotting a banana, where local youths frightened it by lighting firecrackers. The monkey dropped the phone, grabbed the banana, and fled the scene.
The mobile phone was later recovered, but it was slightly damaged.
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Davanagere: Hoax bomb threat email triggers security scare at district court
Davanagere: A bomb threat email received at the District Court in the city’s Devaraj Arasu area on Monday morning triggered panic and a full-scale security check of the court premises.
According to police, the threat message was received on the official email ID of the District Court at around 8.30 am. Following this, the bomb disposal squad and dog squad rushed to the spot and conducted a thorough inspection of the entire court complex.
After detailed checks, officials confirmed that no explosive materials were found and declared the threat to be a hoax.
Police have launched an investigation to trace the origin of the email and identify the sender.
As a preventative measure, security has been tightened at key government offices and important buildings in the city, including the District Court complex.
