Rats in Assam, India have been fingered for consuming banknotes in an ATM machine, value about 1.2m rupees, roughly N17 million.
Technician have been mentioned to have seen the shredded banknotes and destroyed cash once they arrived to repair the malfunctioning machine.
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They have been compelled to take pictures of the shredded bank papers on the State Bank of India department in Tinsukia district.
The photographs have since gone viral on Twitter with a number of individuals speculating that rats have been accountable for the damages.
In one of many photographs posted on-line, a useless rat was noticed in on the shredded money.
Hindustan Times reported that Police mentioned the rodent might have gained entry into machine by means of a gap for wiring .
The report also stated that based on Prakash Sonowal, a police official, the machine was not in use for about 12 days.
Officials stated that technicians who took the unit aside discovered banknotes of 2000 and 500 rupee denominations destroyed however they managed to salvage about 1.7m rupees.