Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (SP)
Bantwal, Nov 21: Does money fall from trees? No, but sometimes it can from buses, as in this case. Apparently, a black money hoarder thought this was the best way to get rid of the useless cash.
On Sunday November 20, currency notes of Rs 500 and 1,000 denomination were strewn from a bus along the road near Kambalabettu bridge on Vittal-Kabaka road. The notes were thrown from the side of the bus by a passenger seated in the rows of seats behind the driver.
These notes landed on the ground for a stretch of about 100 metres and locals who noticed them gleefully rushed to pick them up. It is said that on an average, people got about four to five thousand rupees each in this way. As per an estimate around Rs 1.5 lac were tossed out of the bus in this incident, although there is no clue who did it.
On getting information about this development, Vittal police rushed to the spot and made inquiries. They found a few boys searching for currency notes near Kambalabettu bridge. The boys confirmed that currency notes were actually thrown and that they were picked up by the passersby. However, by the time police personnel arrived there, currency notes had disappeared from the roadside.