Thane: A year-old male monkey was rescued from a chawl in Ovale village along Ghodbunder Road following a tip-off by locals about the simian being ill-treated, animal welfare volunteers said. On Tuesday, after some unidentified locals called the helpline of =Wildlife Welfare Association about the distressed condition of the monkey that was kept tied to a tree in the scorching afternoon heat. — Manoj Badgeri