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Post by justjohn on Apr 10, 2008 4:08:15 GMT -7
  
Termites feast on trader's moneyBy Amarnath Tewary Patna A trader in the Indian state of Bihar has lost his life savings after termites infesting his bank's safe deposit boxes ate them up. Dwarika Prasad had deposited currency notes and investment papers worth hundreds of thousands of rupees in a bank safe in the state capital Patna.
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Post by Jaga on Apr 10, 2008 9:09:37 GMT -7
I wish he could sue the termites for the damage they caused  My apartment was once invaded by ants, really. It was in Texas. I had to flee in the middle of the night to my boyfriend then. It was really shocking and scary ! |
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Post by rdywenur on Apr 10, 2008 18:12:39 GMT -7
Is that where they got the term Don't take any wooden nickels. ;D
Does his bank insure this or is it a dedinite loss.
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Post by justjohn on Apr 12, 2008 3:22:44 GMT -7
Is that where they got the term Don't take any wooden nickels. ;D Does his bank insure this or is it a dedinite loss. Usually, when you stick something in a safe deposit box, you expect it to be there when you come back. Hence the word "safe." But one Indian man has found himself out more than $16,500 (plus jewelry) after a termite infestation at his bank resulted in his valuable bills and documents being eaten. The bank had put up a notice warning customers about the hungry pests, but Dwarika Prasad hadn't been to the bank for several months. He returned to find hundreds of thousands of rupees had become bug food, leaving him with termite dust and "badly perforated" papers. "I'm shattered. I do not know what to do, as I had kept the money for my old age," Prasad is quoted as saying. The bank says that because it had posted a warning, it's not liable for the loss. |
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