Rats Destroyed ATM

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Jun 19, 2018, 10:49 AM

Rs 12 lakh worth of notes destroyed by rats

Assam, June 19: Here is the shocking news that mice chewed away cash amounting to Rs 12.38 lakh from inside an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) in Assam's Tinsukia Laipuli area.

According to the details, mice allegedly tore to shreds notes worth Rs 12 lakhs inside an ATM belonging to the State Bank of India (SBI).

The SBI ATM (DFBK – 000196116) in Laipuli area has been shut due to technical failure since May 20. However, behind closed doors, unknown to the world, it was hosting an army of four-legged guests: Mice. On June 11, when a few repairmen visited the outlet to get the machine fixed, they were surprised to find heaps of 500 and 2,000 rupee notes shredded into tiny pieces.

According to bank officials, notes worth Rs 12,38,000 have been destroyed by the mice. A Guwahati-based financial company named FIS: Global Business Solutions, which runs the ATM, had reportedly deposited Rs 29 lakhs inside the machine on May 19. "The ATM had stopped working the following day," a local Tinsukia-based journalist confirmed.