Monkey rains money from tree after snatching advocate’s bag with ₹2L

Monkey rains money from tree after snatching advocate’s bag with ₹2L

Kanwardeep Singh TNN

Bareilly:19.09.2021

It was an altogether different kind of setting, with an advocate pleading before a monkey perched high on a tree. The simian had snatched a bag containing ₹2 lakh from unsuspecting Vinod Kumar Sharma, who was going to purchase stamp papers for a land registry in Rampur’s Shahabad town.

As a crowd of curious people gathered, hooted and clapped, the monkey threw the bag down but not before taking out ₹1 lakh.

After another round of cajoling, the monkey started throwing the notes in the air. Now it was Sharma’s turn to plead before the cheering crowd, which was trying to pocket the money. After a lot of convincing, people collected the money and gave it to Sharma, who was nervous and sweating by then.

After over 30 minutes of high-drama, the advocate was able to collect ₹95,000. There was no trace of the remaining ₹5,000, but Sharma was “happy”.

The video of the monkey was shot by a few people, who later shared it on social media platforms. In October 2019, a similar incident was reported from Budaun district where two monkeys snatched a bag from a woman and showered money on people.

Sharma said, “I got the shock of my life when the monkey snatched my bag and climbed on the neem tree. There was ₹2 lakh in the bag, which I had taken from a client for stamps. The monkey then took out two bundles of ₹50,000 each from the bag and threw the bag.

“When we tried to chase it, it climbed on the top branch of the tree and started showering money. I was helplessly watching and requesting people to return the money. I managed to get back ₹95,000 from people. I don’t blame anyone for the remaining ₹5,000 as most people were trying to help me. I haven not filed any complaint.”

Affan Ahmad, an eye witness, told TOI, “I shot videos while Sharma along with other advocates were putting efforts to get the money back from the monkey. Sharma even took a risk and tried to climb on the tree through tin roof. He even slipped twice as the surface was slippery because of the rain. After 30 minutes, Sharma managed to get most of his money back. Monkeys often snatch bags of people visiting the court premises in Shahabad.”