Autorickshaw Driver Returns Passenger's Bag Full Of Cash Worth Rs 2.6 Lakh, Gets Rs 8,000 As Reward
A 54-year-old autorickshaw driver was on Thursday felicitated by Sanjeev M Patil, deputy commissioner of police (west), for returning a bag containing cash worth Rs 2.6 lakh which belonged to a passenger.
A 54-year-old autorickshaw driver, was on Thursday, felicitated by Sanjeev M Patil - deputy commissioner of police (west) Bengaluru, for returning a bag containing cash worth Rs 2.6 lakh which belonged to a passenger.
The autorickshaw driver, Kumar D, is from Anandapura near KR Puram, Bengaluru. He had picked up a passenger who was later identified as Mumbai-based Amit Kumar Pandey, at Cottonpet and dropped him near Eidgah ground in Chamarajpet.
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After dropping Pandey off, Kumar left the spot and found another passenger within a few minutes. She asked him to drop her to Srinagar and while they were on their way, the passenger found a bag on the seat and informed Kumar about the same.
¡°I realised the previous passenger might have left it behind in a hurry. I did not want to lose a passenger and hence dropped the woman at Srinagar. I returned to the place where the bag owner had alighted. I remembered he had entered a shop. I met the shopkeeper and enquired about the man, and the former informed the bag owner over the phone. Within a few minutes, he arrived with police and I returned his bag,¡± Kumar said.
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According to Chamarajpet police, Pandey is a manager with a Mumbai-based photo frame works chain and had come to Bengaluru to collect money from clients.
¡°Pandey collected cash from several shops on Wednesday and kept it in a bag. He packed his belongings in another bag and hired Kumar¡¯s auto in the morning. He reached Chamarajpet around 10am but forgot to take the cash bag with him. He later realised he had forgotten the bag in the auto and headed straight to Chamarajpet police station,¡± an officer said.
Pandey was already at the police station when he received the call about Kumar waiting for him with the bag, at the shop he had visited earlier.
¡°We rushed to the spot along with Pandey. The driver asked him to check his belongings in front of us. Pandey found the cash intact. He gave Kumar Rs 3,000 as reward for his honesty. We brought both of them to the station and returned the cash to Pandey,¡± a police officer said.
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Kumar was felicitated for his honestly and given Rs 5,000 and a certificate of appreciation by DCP Patil.
