Guntur: In a bizarre scenario caught on camera, a monkey was seen stealing money from the cash counter of a jewellery store in Andhra Pradesh.
In a video that has gone viral, the monkey “thief” is seen entering the store on the pretense of picking up a fruit that it deliberately hurled inside the store in attempts of embezzling.
"The monkey threw a guava inside the shop and then entered the jewellery store and fled away with the cash. We threw the fruit back but it entered the shop anyway. It first attacked the worker but he escaped. It sat for almost 20 minutes in the store and then it opened the drawer in the cash counter and took away ₹10,000 cash," said the shop owner.
In the CCTV footage from the shop, the monkey was seen entering the shop and 'looking around' for things. After a while, it was seen opening the cash drawer and picking ₹10,000 worth cash, fleeing the scene with money while the shopkeeper tried to chase the monkey but in vain.
The staffs and customers present at the shop were shocked to see the extra ordinary event.
This is not something new. There have been occurrences of such “theft” incidents in the past where monkeys were reportedly involved in 'stealing' money from people in markets and temples.
A temple in Vrindavan had money falling from the skies. It was no miracle though, it was later found that a monkey had grabbed a devotee's purse and was 'raining' money.
Reportedly, in another incident, a resident of Borivali in Mumbai had just finished offering prayers at the Banke Bihari temple when an ape snatched her purse.
It then sat and unbundled a few notes, which it then flung in the air.
