AGRA: A Japanese woman tourist was attacked and scratched by a monkey near Taj Mahal’s west gate on Sunday.The incident took place at around 12:30pm near Purani Mandi, 400 meters away from the monument. The victim who was traveling along with her two acquaintances was taken to district hospital for first aid in ambulance.Speaking to TOI, Mukesh Sharma, in-charge of Tourism police said, “The Japanese tourist was clicking pictures of local market and the simians who were roaming around the area, when suddenly one of the Rhesus macaque jumped on the woman and scratched her back. The woman suffered minor bruise, but was immediately taken to hospital in an ambulance provided for Taj tourist.”Neither the Tourism police nor the CISF, who are responsible for Taj Mahal (inside premises) security, had jot down the identity of Japanese tourist in their records.Bin Bhushan, CISF commandant of Taj Mahal said, “Since the incident happened outside Taj, there was no information conveyed to us. But in order to curb monkey menace particularly inside Taj Mahal, we have deployed our commandos with baton to scare away the simians. All the entry/exit points and sitting area for tourists inside Taj are manned to ensure no further monkey attack ever happens.”On July 8, an Australian woman was attacked by monkey inside Taj Mahal. On May 22, two French tourist were bitten by monkeys while they were on their way to main mausoleum.In 2016, two incidents of monkey attacks on visitors had occurred. In August 2016, a monkey had snatched a Columbian tourist’s bag and pulled out some currency notes, many of which were later torn up.Not only tourist, the local residents too have been attacked by simians.On May 27, an MBBS student ended up in the ICU after he was chased by a group of monkeys in his hostel at SN Medical College. On May 22, two French women, tourists at the Taj Mahal, were attacked and bitten by a group of monkeys.On August 30, 2017, monkeys snatched a mobile phone from a 48-year-old man at Rawali, who later fell to his death from a terrace during the chase. On August 18, 2016, simians snatched a money pouch from a foreign tourist at the Taj.

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