Monkey's cash heist at UP court: ₹2 lakh bag snatched, currency notes rain from tree | Video

The bizarre incident happened within the district court premises of Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh

In a bizarre incident in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district on Saturday (May 30), a monkey snatched a bag containing ₹2 lakh in cash from a man's hands inside the district court complex and climbed to the top of a tree, where it began throwing the currency notes into the air.

A monkey grabbed a bag with ₹2 lakh cash in Uttar Pradesh and perched on top a tree, raining down the notes (Representative Photo/ Unsplash)

The incident reportedly occurred when a man arrived at the court chambers of advocates Sohanpal and Aamir with two lakh rupees in a bag to finish a deed. Suddenly, a monkey caught him by surprise, grabbed the bag from his hand and perched on top of a neem tree nearby.

A video of the incident surfaced on social media.

As per advocate Sohanpal, he had sent his colleague Ravindra to purchase stamp papers. Ravindra was accompanied by his associate Aamir when the money made a grab for the bag inside the court premises, news agency PTI reports.

The gathered crowd helped the pair collect the notes which rained down from the top of the tree along with police officials. Despite the initial shock of the incident, no loss of cash was reported, PTI reveals.

People took to social media to react to the hilarious incident, where one user tagged Ravi Kishan and asked if the incident was inspired by his “superb web-series 'Mamla Legal Hai?” and another remarked how it was only possible in India for a monkey to become a millionaire and a philanthropist in the same day. “For 5 minutes, he became the RBI,” tweeted another X user.