Wednesday, August 26, 2026 - Cash-filled sacks of cash have been found at the house of a woman in Karnataka who spent all of her life begging.
69-year-old Noorunnisa was found de@d on Sunday, August 23,
at her home in Mandya, India.
When locals inspected her home, they found thousands of
coins and currency notes in denominations of Rs 10, Rs 20 and Rs 50 stuffed
inside more than 30 sacks.
To the residents of Mandya in Karnataka, Noorunnisa was
simply a tragic figure, a 69-year-old woman with a long-term mental illness who
spent over four decades roaming local traffic junctions and begging.
However, the sacks of money found in her house sent
shockwaves through her family and neighbourhood. According to reports, they
found 10 hidden sacks packed with Rs 8.40 lakh in cash.
The discovery came only after neighbours raised an alarm on
Sunday, August 23, noticing Noorunnisa, also known as Noor or Hoor, had not
stepped outside for days. Entering the house, her relatives found her
de@d.
As they began cleaning the premises, they forced open the
lock to a private room she had guarded for decades. They found sacks with
decades’ worth of accumulated coins and currency notes.
The family temporarily handed the sacks over to a local
mosque for safekeeping and counting while awaiting other relatives.
As word spread, viral social media rumours falsely claimed
the hoard exceeded Rs 1 crore. However, mosque officials cleared the air on
Monday, August 24, following a two-day audit.
“The family entrusted us with the money. The counting was
conducted strictly in front of the family members, and the total came to Rs 8.4
lakh,” said Mukthar Ahmed, vice-president of the local mosque. “We have handed
the entire amount back to the family.”
The family has said the entire Rs 8.4 lakh will be
distributed among the needy relatives.
Noor was one of six siblings. She had lived alone since her unmarried sister
passed away two years ago. She had been begging for around 40 years, according
to her family.
“We visited her occasionally to give her food and help her
bathe,” said her nephew Fairoz Ahmed. “However, we were completely unaware of
the money she had accumulated. The room where the cash was found was always
kept locked. She never allowed anyone inside and would only speak to us while
standing at the door.”
Fairoz added that the family had repeatedly tried to
persuade her to leave begging.
Local residents recalled seeing her roaming the main roads
after 10 am or sitting outside the local mosque on Fridays, accepting both cash
and food from passersby.
“Whenever small children refused to eat food or hear our
words, we used to tell them Noor would pick you up and go,” a resident said,
describing how poor they all assumed Noor was.
See video below.
Bizarre: Cash-filled sacks discovered inside home of woman who spent all her life begging (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/CghYou5dDt
— DAILY POST 🇳🇬 (@dailypost_ng) August 26, 2026
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