Monkey snatches bag containing cash on Shimla Mall Road

Tribune News Service

Shimla, November 17

A monkey snatched a bag containing Rs 75,000 from a person on the Mall Road here today.

The man had gone to the BSNL office near the Deputy Commissioner’s office to pay a telephone bill when the monkey snatched his bag and rushed to the roof of a multi-storey building. “The person had barely moved out after paying the telephone bill when the monkey snatched his bag,” said a BSNL employee.

The victim and some BSNL officials chased the monkey to the roof and tried to retrieve the bag. “We have an air gun in the office. We tried to scare the monkey with the gun so that it returns the bag. The monkey gave up the bag but not before tearing some currency notes,” the employee said.

He said monkeys enter the BSNL office all the time and there’s always a risk of them running away with money from cash counters.

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