Monkeys in the Parks, Monkeys in the Palace

NEW DELHI, Nov. 13 — The authorities here managed to do very little about the city’s soaring wild monkey population — until the deputy mayor toppled from his terrace to his death as he tried to fend off a gang of the animals.

The official, Sawinder Singh Bajwa, 52, was reading a paper on his balcony on a Sunday morning in late October when four monkeys appeared. As he brandished a stick to scare them away, he lost his balance and fell, his son said.