Goat eats owner's currency notes worth Dh3,500

Uttar Pradesh - The incident occurred on Monday

Leaving your pet hungry could cost you dearly, as a farmer in Uttar Pradesh realised the hard way. 
Much to the shock of Sarvesh Kumar Pal, his goat chewed up currency notes worth Rs62,000 (Dh3,537) kept in the pocket of his trousers while he had gone for a bath.
The incident occurred on Monday in Siluapur village in Talgram area in Uttar Pradesh.
Pal had gone to the washroom after putting the money in his trousers which were kept outside. He intended to buy bricks with it.
However, when he came out, he realised his hungry pet had already chewed up 31 notes in the denomination of Rs2,000. 
He had kept Rs66,000 in his pocket and only two notes were left but they too were badly damaged.

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