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Rajasthan farmer’s buried Rs 5 lakh is ruined by termites after a year underground
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Mangilal’s ruined cash will keep circulating online as a cautionary tale about hiding money in fields.

The story is bizarre, visual and painfully relatable, which makes it highly shareable. It also highlights how informal cash storage can go disastrously wrong.

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The story is bizarre, visual and painfully relatable, which makes it highly shareable. It also highlights how informal cash storage can go disastrously wrong.

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Mangilal, a Rajasthan farmer near Balotra, buried Rs 5 lakh in his field after selling land to protect it from theft. He forgot the spot, and family searches failed for months. When his wife and son finally found the bag on August 7, termites had damaged most of the notes, and local SBI branches refused to exchange them.

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Rajasthan farmer’s buried Rs 5 lakh is ruined by termites after a year underground

A theft-prevention tactic turned into a costly mistake when the family finally found the cash bag in the field.

Indian Express·57m ago
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