Truth or Fiction - You decide :o)
I think Mrs. Expat may use the same excuse in the future... :o(
Termites 'eat £130,000 in notes from Indian bank'
Police in India are investigating claims by bank staff that termites had ‘eaten’ more than £130,000 in rupee notes from a strong room in a State Bank of India branch.
Local officials initially sought to cover up the loss, but the disappearance of more than ten million rupees – known in India as a ‘crore’ – was discovered following the arrival of a new manager.
The notes had been kept in a ‘currency chest’ at the branch in Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh, and officials were reported to be ‘horrified’ to have found most of them reduced to dust by termites when they inspected the contents.
Senior officials from the state headquarters and local detectives were called in to investigate the claims. Police officers, however, said they have not yet ruled out ‘foul play’ in the disappearance.
The amount missing could turn out to be significantly higher – each ‘currency chest’ usually contains up to 50 ‘Crores’ of rupees – more than £6 million.
Telegraph
It is the truth, the currency notes are still there.
They are not in a condition to be used, thats all.
Perhaps the termites were very special and owned by a rich sheik who fed them on banknotes, he's going to be really pi**ed off if they throw them away.
It only happens in India..
Incredible Indiaaaa!!
nah... they mean termites by termites....
by termites they mean politicians
Flying ace bollywood will most definately release a movie based on this particular incident.
Tinker good for you.I think he has gone past his prime already.
May be the below article from FE can give some insight... from what has been stated there it seems there is a case that termites actually did do the damage...:)
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/SBI-to-bear-loss-arising-out-of-termites-eating-currency-notes/780076/
WOW, so when is Bollywood getting Inspired from this Incident and make a movie... ;)
Tinker they should watch a lot of those gangster movies where bank robbery is involved then they will know what happened!
This seems like a joke but it is quite possible. Termites are known to infilterate even the safest places.
brit, fiction then... that's close enough to total BS.. :P
Tinker they forgot to fumigate the strong room before closing down the bank!
It has to be one or the other :o)
neither... it's just BS.. :P
This could be possible.Termites can destroy a lot more things than just money masde out of paper literally.