Agra, June 7 -- The menace of monkeys in the lanes leading to the Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan was in full display on Thursday when a devotee lost a bag containing jewellery worth Rs.20 lakh to one of them. Police, with the help of CCTV footage, recovered the bag later.

Abhishek Agarwal from Aligarh was leaving the temple when a monkey snatched a handbag from his wife near the temple exit and vanished through the maze of ancient constructions and narrow lanes. The woman had taken off the jewellery she was wearing and kept them in the bag while visiting the temple.

"The panic was real-the bag had jewellery worth Rs.20 lakh," said circle officer (Sadar) Sandeep Kumar Singh. "There was no immediate trace of the monkey." Agarwal sought ...