Monkey tears off soccer
coach's ear

In a bizarre incident, a monkey tore off a soccer coach's ear while he was trying to save his young trainees from the simian at a stadium in Kolkata.

On Friday, Samir Chatterjee came as usual to the Sodepur Sporting stadium, in North 24 Parganas, to train his boys, but the monkey intervened. Sensing danger, Chatterjee, known for his love for animals, collected some potatoes to lure away the monkey, but it instead pounced on him and tore off his ear.

The coach was taken to the Medical College and Hospital, where the doctors later fixed his ear.

Local residents said hordes of monkeys from Dakhineshwar Temple often invade the stadium and disturb the players by holding their legs.

Recently, due to the monkey menace, a local school in the area had to suspend classes for some days.