Raipur: Little did he know that the hard-earned money that he was saving for his daughter's wedding would meet such a drastic fate. Ashok Agarwal, a resident of Mahavir Nagar, had kept Rs 1.5 lakh in cash and some gold ornaments in the locker of Uco Bank's Shailendra Nagar branch. To his horror, termites are believed to have chewed his money in the bank locker. A few days ago, when Agarwal opened the locker, he was bolt from the blue after he saw his cash was eaten away by termites. Agarwal said he had saved the money for his daugher's marriage and kept it in the bank locker about four months ago for safety reasons. He was paying Rs 885 per month for using the bank locker. Agarwal said he has sought compensation from the bank, but the management has not yet responded. The bank's Chief Manager, Dasrathi Sahu, said this was first such incident reported in the branch and he has apprised his seniors about the matter. Sahu said there was no provision for compensation in such cases, but the demand made by Agarwal is being considered.
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