Overview
- A monkey grabbed a bag carrying about ₹2 lakh inside the Bulandshahr district court complex on Saturday, climbed a neem tree and tore the bag open, scattering bundles of ₹500 notes.
- Onlookers, lawyers and police rushed beneath the tree as notes floated down and several people recorded the scene, which was widely shared on social media and went viral.
- Bystanders and officers recovered and returned the bulk of the money, but media accounts conflict on how much remained unaccounted for, with reported shortfalls ranging from a few thousand rupees up to about ₹40,000.
- The cash belonged to a man sent to buy stamp papers for a property registration, highlighting that some legal and registry transactions still involve large physical cash amounts.
- Local reports note monkeys frequently disrupt activity around court precincts and markets, and the viral footage shaped coverage more than any legal or administrative fallout from the incident.