Currency notes worth more than one lakh damaged by termites found in Kolkata college union room

Key points

• “More than one lakh worth currency notes damaged by termites were recovered from two suitcases in a college union room in Central Kolkata on Tuesday (June 2, 2026), prompting a police probe,” an officer said.
• “The cash, comprising mostly ₹100 and ₹500 notes, was found during a cleanliness drive undertaken at Surendranath College ahead of the monsoon,” a senior police officer of Muchipara Police Station said.
• The civic authorities had recently advised educational institutions to clean their premises before the onset of the rainy season.
• During the exercise, workers entered the college union room and found two old suitcases inside an almirah.
• "When the suitcases were opened in the presence of college authorities, bundles of currency notes damaged by termites were found inside.