Nawalparasi East, Nov. 9 -- As many as 14 people sustained injuries within the past two weeks in ward 6 of Keuleni village of Binayi Tribeni Rural Municipality in separate attacks by a monkey.

According to Nurendra Shah, ward 6 chairman of Binayi Tribeni, a monkey enters the settlement and attacks people as well as domesticated animals indiscriminately. The locals are in abject terror fearing that it could be a rabid monkey.

Locals said they had taken anti-rabies vaccines after being scratched and bitten by monkeys, but the vaccines were costly.

"One has to pay up to Rs1,800 for a single dose, which has made it difficult for villagers with poor financial conditions to afford treatment," said Shah, adding that even though the locals had...