Monkey steals money from man travelling in rickshaw

A man in India was deprived of INR 100,000 (Rs229844.73) after a monkey went off with his money and threw it in the street.

As per reports, a wild monkey snatched a wrapped towel with more than one lac [Indian] rupees from a traveler in an autorickshaw that was stuck in a traffic jam on a narrow road in Madhya Pradesh and scattered the money all over a busy street. People rushed to grab what they could.

The monkey came inside the rickshaw and snatched the towel from the hands of the passenger before climbing a tree. The animal began to shake the towel, after which the banknotes began to rain down the street.

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The money’s owner managed to get his hands on INR56,000 (Rs128,666), as the remaining amount could not be recovered after many people went off with the money.

The police are now facing problems in tracing one of the suspects as there was no CCTV cameras in the area.

The police said that the monkey often invades vehicles as many people provide food to them.

Police have not registered a robbery case due to lack of evidence against anyone.