Vikram's viral video with lar gibbon sparks India wildlife investigation

• A video posted by a Tamil film star showing him cuddling an endangered gibbon has triggered an investigation by Indian wildlife officials over how he came into contact with the animal.
• Vikram, an award-winning actor from the southern state of Tamil Nadu, was seen hugging and playing with a lar gibbon in a now-deleted video posted on Instagram on Monday.
• The state's forest department has since begun investigating how the gibbon came to be at a private home and whether rules governing its possession and transfer were followed.