One would expect to see a langur hopping from one tree to another, not from one corner of a school to another. However, earlier this week, videos showed a langur peacefully sitting with students in a classroom and on a table at the office of a government school in Jharkhand.
The primate does not harm or bother anyone as everybody in the school goes about their business. The videos were taken in a school in Danua village of Hazaribagh district.
As per media reports, the langur has been regularly visiting the school and attempts to scare it away have been unsuccessful. Forest department officials managed to chase the langur away from the school but failed to catch it.
In #Jharkhand‘s #Hazaribagh a #wild langoor attends a government school along with other students. pic.twitter.com/3ikzQ4Ja5P
— Deepak Mahato (@deepakmahato) September 15, 2022
झारंखड के हजारीबाग में लंगूर स्कूल में बच्चों के साथ रोजाना क्लास अटेंड कर रहा है।पिछले 7 दिन से लंगूर स्कूल में क्लास के वक्त आता है,क्लास में बेंच पर बैठकर शिक्षकों की बात को सुनता है और चला जाता है।शिक्षक ने सुरक्षा के लिए वन विभाग से लंगूर को पकड़ने की लगाई गुहार#Jharkhand pic.twitter.com/XIzMXFXkvo
— Sohan singh (@sohansingh05) September 14, 2022
#हजारीबाग जिले के चौपारण प्रखंड अंतर्गत दनुआ के प्लस टू स्कूल में एक लंगूर बच्चों के साथ पढ़ता दिखाई दिया यह लंगूर पिछले 3 दिनों से कक्षा नौवीं के छात्र छात्राओं के साथ बेंच पर बैठकर कॉपी किताब उलट पुलट करता और घंटो तक छात्र छात्राओं के साथ बैठा रहता#Jharkhand #monkey #studying pic.twitter.com/VcBUB0sUIl
— Journalist Prashant Shukla (@prashantji2525) September 16, 2022
Ayub Ansari, a senior forest department official in Hazaribagh, told India Today, “Upon receiving the information, our team reached the school to catch the langur. We used fruit and other eatables to redirect the animal towards the forest.”
The forest department insisted the langur be offered no food as it might encourage the animal to prolong its stay.
“Food items usually attract such animals, so we told the students and staff not to throw any such food items in the open,” Ansari said.