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
A total of Rs1.3 million has been chewed up by mice from inside an ATM in India on Tuesday.
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
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