Termites eat millions of Indian rupees in a bank near Lucknow

Bellevision Media Network

Lucknow, 26 April 2011:  Hungry  termites will eat anything. According to reports, an army of termites munched through 10 million rupees ($222,000) in currency notes stored in a steel chest at a bank. Termites at the Lucknow State Bank of India decided to eat important currency notes inside the steel chest at the bank. 

 

The rupees were not the only victims; termites have eaten bank furniture and documents in the past. Investigators are stumped though just how exactly these termites were able to get into a steel chest and eat the documents.

 

The bank manager discovered the damage when he opened the reinforced room in an old bank building on Wednesday, police officer Navneet Rana told The Associated Press.

 

 

"It’s a matter of investigation how termites attacked bundles of currency notes stacked in a steel chest," he said. The money was put in the chest in January.

 

The termites had damaged bank furniture and documents in the past.

 

The police have registered a case of negligence against bank officials in Barabanki, a town 20 miles southwest of Lucknow, the Uttar Pradesh state capital. In India, police register a case before opening an investigation.

(Agencies)