India, Dec. 17 -- New Delhi

A Delhi zoo staffer tasked with cleaning the bonnet macaque enclosure was mauled by a monkey on Tuesday, and suffered multiple injuries, including a deep bite to his left leg and a part of a finger being severed.

The employee, who did not wish to be named, said he was alone inside the enclosure when the macaque attacked him.

"There were two other people with me, along with the head keeper when I went to clean the enclosure. However, the others gave me the key and left to attend other duties. One of the macaques bit me on my left leg and when I was trying to free myself, the tip of a finger of my left hand was also bit off. I sustained injuries to my other hand too," the employee, who is from Uttar Pradesh, s...