Kolkata Bar Under Fire After Chained Monkey Video Goes Viral

A nightclub in West Bengal's Kolkata received massive backlash from animal lovers after videos of its customers petting a 'chained' monkey on its premises went viral in social media.

Toy Room, a polular nightclub located in the city's Camac Street area, organised a 'Circus' themed party on Friday where a chained monkey was seen inside the premises.

The Kolkata Police registered an FIR against the nightclub acting on the complaint of a forest range officer.

"The Toyroom nightclub organised a Circus theme party on June 16. During that time they chained up a baby monkey for amusement which showed cruelty to that animal," the complaint reads.

"I'm ashamed to say the least! It's disheartening to see what toyroom kolkata did in the name of an act to stand out! Well, you sure did. For all the wrong reasons," she posted on her Instagram account.

"This is cruelty to a different level. How low can you stoop toyroom kolkata And what is wrong with the people who has gone to party there and indulging in this cruel act ? No one stopped this right there and then ? What is wrong with human beings,"? she asked.

"And TOYROOM KOLKATA has barred people from tagging them. They think they can get away with this atrocity by disabling their social media handles ?!," she added.

The actor also tagged the official handle of Trinamool Congress and PETA India to flag the issue.

Soon after, Peta India dubbed the act horrific cruelty and said its team is working on the case.

Toyroom Kolkata denies allegations

"No animals entered the premises or were used in the night club and and said some madaris performed outside the restaurant after they were refused permission for holding a show inside. As per the club, the madaris were at the ground level area of the club," it said in a statement posted on Instagram.

"This is a message for everyone who are angry/hurt/upset over the videos of the monkeys. We would like to inform that Toyroom had no role to play in the hiring the monkeys or the madaris," it added.

"The madaris or caregivers of the monkeys approached us at the club and we very politely refused them to do any kind of activities inside," it said.

"Agreeing to which, they moved to the ground level of the mall's entrance and sat there to make a livelihood out of it. The monkeys were not hurt, injured or harmed and they were always with the caretakers on the ground level of the mall," the restaurant added.

"We care as much as everyone else for the animals and would never do such activities where they would be harmed or caged. We sincerely apologise if we've hurt anyone's sentiments or feelings unintentionally," it added.