New Delhi, May 17 -- In an incident that seemed straight out of the Netflix crime drama 'Money Heist', a surreal "rain" of currency stunned people at the Jaiswal Dhaba, located along the Prayagraj-Kanpur highway in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district. What initially appeared to be a bizarre stroke of luck for diners and travellers soon unravelled into the dramatic aftermath of a foiled theft attempt.

The peculiar scene unfolded around 9:15pm on Thursday when Bhavesh Kumar Barot, a businessman from Gujarat, was en route to Delhi after concluding business dealings in Prayagraj. Travelling aboard a luxury coach, Barot alighted with fellow passengers at the dhaba for a short refreshment halt. It was during this brief stop that an unidentified...