Overview

• The incident occurred at the Bidhuna tehsil office in Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh, where a monkey prised open a motorcycle boot and took a bag of cash.
• The cash belonged to Rohitash Chandra, a private school teacher from Dodapur village who had arrived for land registration work.
• Per witnesses, the monkey climbed a tree and tore or tossed the currency, sending Rs 500 notes fluttering as people scrambled below.
• Video of the episode circulated widely on social media, showing bystanders gathering fallen notes as the chaos unfolded.
• By the end, only Rs 52,000 was recovered and about Rs 28,000 was unaccounted for or damaged, reinforcing residents’ complaints about persistent simian trouble at the campus.