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Toxic pit

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More than 100 monkeys perished after inhaling a pesticide sprayed in a food godown and were stealthily buried in a pit, police on Friday said. On Friday, the bodies of monkeys, buried in a pit, were taken out for a postmortem by a team of veterinarians.

Police have registered a case against the employees of Food Corporation of India and started an investigation. According to police, the chemical in question was aluminium phosphide sprayed on wheat sacks to protect it from insects and rodents in an FCI warehouse on November 7.