Kanpur, Aug. 26 -- A monkey became the reason for an unexpected largesse for some people and a huge loss to the owner, at the tehsil office in Bidhuna, in Auriya district, as it flung currency notes in the air during peak office hours, on Monday.

As the story goes, Rohitash Chandra, a private school teacher from Dodapur village, had come to the tehsil office to execute a land deed. He had placed Rs.80,000 in a bag inside his motorcycle's boot. While he was occupied with legal formalities, a monkey prised open the boot and carried away the bag.

Finding no food inside the bag, the irritated animal began tossing currency into the air. In the ensuing scramble, only Rs.52,000 could be retrieved with the help of onlookers, while nearly Rs.28,...