Chandigarh-based tattoo artist Kamaljit Singh held for keeping monkey

CHANDIGARH: A Chandigarh-based tattoo artist Kamaljit Singh and his manager have been arrested for keeping a monkey as a pet and exhibiting its photos on his Instagram account. The artist, who owns Kamzinkzone tattoo studio in Sector 35 in Chandigarh, has also been accused of force-feeding the monkey an 'alcoholic' drink, a charge that he has denied. The tattoo artist and his manager Deepak have been booked under Sections 9, 39 and 50 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Pictures of a monkey sitting on Kamaljit Singh's shoulder had gone viral on social media. As he came to know that he was caught on the wrong side of the law, he deleted the pictures from his Instagram account. The rhesus macaque, like other wild animals, can't be kept and trained for entertainment purposes in India. (IANS)

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