Viral photographs of the shredded notes inside the ATM over social media have attracted many and this incident has become big news. Many have called it a demonetisation Part 2 and a “surgical strike by mice”. In Tinsukia district of Assam, an ATM of the State Bank of India was attacked by rats.
After receiving a complaint from officials of the local branch of SBI, Tinsukia Police have found notes worth Rs 12,38,000 in shreds in one of its ATMs on June 14. As an outcome of an investigation, police blamed rats for nibbling on currency notes.
Tinsukia’s additional superintendent of police, Prakash Sonowal said that this ATM was not working for about 12 days. It wasn’t dispensing cash. We checked and noticed that this problem was found out after a vault cutting unit arrived from Kolkata to check the malfunctioning machine. Rats could have entered the machine through a small hole meant for wires. The carcass of a rat was found among the shredded notes. Damaged banknotes were of Rs 2000 and Rs 500
The police have ruled out any foul play from the end of bank officials. The police official said, “We have not found the involvement of any bank official or any outsider.” The official said that the report has been forwarded to the concerned SBI officials.

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