 A group of monkeys descended on an Orissa village, quaffed down pots of an intoxicating brew lying in the open and then set upon the villagers, injuring three of them. The incident occurred in Baralapokhari village near Bhadrak town, 142 km from here. Irate villagers struck back at the inebriated monkeys with sticks and other weapons and drove them away. The injured have been hospitalised. The intoxicating 'pana' drink had been prepared from marijuana leaves as part of an offering to Hindu gods on the occasion of the Oriya new year Friday. The villagers had kept it in pots outside their huts to ferment, an official said. |