Locals Fish Out Mystery Cash Floating in Sea Near Gateway of India
04:38PM Wed 12 Aug, 2015
Mumbai: Money doesn't grow on trees, but if you look hard enough, you might just find some floating in the sea. This is exactly what happened at the Gateway of India, where an unexpected windfall of money led to high drama and daredevilry all through Tuesday, as people jumped into the waves to fish out currency notes of Rs 1,000.
No one really knew where the money had come from, but as the word spread, the crowd began to swell and the number of people braving the tides increased, prompting the police to deploy personnel to ensure no more lives were risked.
Theories abound
Various theories were put forward by onlookers at the scene, but the police have not confirmed any of them and have only said that the source of the money is unknown. Some said the money was flung into the sea by some unidentified wealthy person who was cornered by thugs at the Gateway around noon.
To get rid of the thieves, he hurled the bundle of money - rumoured to contain a few lakh rupees - into the sea. The second theory is that the money may have come from a garland made of currency notes, the kind often used for religious ceremonies.
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