May 24, 2025 06:09 AM IST The langur is a protected species and the school faces jail time for those responsible up to 7 years or a ₹1 lakh fine. A case has been registered against a private school here under the Wildlife (Protection) Act following a complaint by animal rights organisation PETA India, officials said on Thursday. A private school in Mathura had tied a langur to a tree on campus without permission.(PTI) Regional Forest Officer (Sadar) Atul Tiwari said the complaint was lodged last week, alleging that a langur was being kept tied to a tree without permission at Prasad Senior Secondary Public School on Maholi Road. Also Read: LMC plans India’s ‘first’ animal birth control training centre District-level officer of the Social Forestry Division, Rajnikant Mittal, said the allegations were found to be true during investigation following which the Forest Department registered a case. Also Read: 2 tigresses, 3 leopards among 6 animals showing symptoms of illness in Kanpur zoo The case was registered under sections 9 (prohibits the hunting of wild …