{"id":19301,"date":"2018-06-21T07:01:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T07:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=19301"},"modified":"2018-06-21T07:01:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T07:01:09","slug":"how-rats-eat-n17m-banknotes-inside-atm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=19301","title":{"rendered":"HOW RATS EAT N17M BANKNOTES INSIDE ATM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"narrow\">Technicians who arrived to fix a malfunctioning cash machine in the Indian state of Assam got a shock when they opened it up.<br \/>\nNotes worth more than 1.2m rupees (\u00a313,300; $17,600) had been shredded \u2013 and the suspected culprits are rats.<br \/>\nPolice said the rodents probably entered the machine through a hole for wiring, the Hindustan Times reported .<br \/>\nPictures of the chewed cash at the State Bank of India branch in Tinsukia district were widely shared on Twitter.<br \/>\nOne shows a dead rodent lying in the debris.<br \/>\nReport<br \/>\nPolice official Prakash Sonowal said that the machine had been out of action for about 12 days, the Hindustan Times added.<br \/>\nTechnicians who took the unit apart found banknotes of 2,000 and 500 rupee denominations destroyed. They managed to salvage another 1.7m rupees, officials said.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19048\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"692\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-300x86.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-768x219.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Sheriff-1024x292.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technicians who arrived to fix a malfunctioning cash machine in the Indian state of Assam got a shock when they opened it up. Notes worth more than 1.2m rupees (\u00a313,300; $17,600) had been shredded \u2013 and the suspected culprits are rats. 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