Mice chew up cash worth Rs1.3 million inside ATM in India
Authorities believe rodent behind shredded pieces of cash
A case has been lodged with local police and an investigation into the matter is under way. Photo Courtesy: India Today
According to India Today, currency totalling Rs3.1 million was deposited inside the ATM in Assam's Tinsukia Laipuli area by a private security company on May 19, after which the machine had gone out of service on May 20.
Subsequently, on June 11, the company had re-opened the ATM only to realise that the whole sum of Rs1.3 million had been shredded to pieces by mice.
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Most notes were in the denomination of Rs500 and Rs2,000.
The heap of money is believed to have been shredded by mice that managed to enter the machine.
A case has been lodged with local police and an investigation into the matter is underway.
The article originally appeared in India Today
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