navi mumbai acting on a tip from a concerned citizen animal activists and state officials rescued two monkeys who were being forced by two women to beg for money at the dadar central railway station in mumbai the rhesus macaques a protected species under section ii of the wildlife protection act 1972 were sent to mumbai range forest office for rehabilitation and the women arrested people for the ethical treatment of animals peta india and officials from the maharashtra forest department and the mumbai police came together to rescue the two monkeys several alert citizens from navi mumbai and thane had also informed various animal rights organisations about animal cruelty and exploitation of monkeys by their handlers who would make them perform various tricks on the streetssmart social monkeys should be in the wild not begging for money in a crowded railway station under the command of cruel people said deepak chaudhary of peta india city based wildlife guardian working with forest officials sunish subramanian told toi i have also received complaints about monkeys being misused often they are kidnapped by poachers from forest fringes like at karnala bird sanctuary or near the highway at lonavalakhandala tough action should be taken against such wildlife criminals