Woman forgets ₹6L gold in auto, driver returns it
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:2.11.2019
An autorickshaw driver returned a handbag containing 25 sovereigns of gold jewellery worth around ₹6 lakh left behind by a woman passenger at Saligramam on Thursday night.
Police said Vijayalakshmi, 46, of Kamarajar Street, Teynampet, was to attend a wedding at Saligramam. Since she felt that it was not safe to wear gold jewels while travelling, she kept them in a bag.
At 6pm, she got into the auto of Udayakumar, 46, of Ramanathan Street, T Nagar. While getting down from the vehicle, she forgot to take the bag. Vijayalakshmi called up the police control room and reported the issue. Since she did not book the autorickshaw through any app, she did not have a phone number or the vehicle’s number.
Udayakumar, who took another passenger to Pondy Bazaar, saw the bag on the back seat.
He reached the marriage hall where he had dropped Vijayalakshmi and returned the bag. Since Vijayalakshmi had lodged a complaint, they went to the Virugambakkam police station and the bag was ‘formally’ handed over to the woman.
Udayakumar told police he usually checked his auto after passengers left but since Vijayalakshmi had kept the bag in a corner, it was not visible.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:2.11.2019
An autorickshaw driver returned a handbag containing 25 sovereigns of gold jewellery worth around ₹6 lakh left behind by a woman passenger at Saligramam on Thursday night.
Police said Vijayalakshmi, 46, of Kamarajar Street, Teynampet, was to attend a wedding at Saligramam. Since she felt that it was not safe to wear gold jewels while travelling, she kept them in a bag.
At 6pm, she got into the auto of Udayakumar, 46, of Ramanathan Street, T Nagar. While getting down from the vehicle, she forgot to take the bag. Vijayalakshmi called up the police control room and reported the issue. Since she did not book the autorickshaw through any app, she did not have a phone number or the vehicle’s number.
Udayakumar, who took another passenger to Pondy Bazaar, saw the bag on the back seat.
He reached the marriage hall where he had dropped Vijayalakshmi and returned the bag. Since Vijayalakshmi had lodged a complaint, they went to the Virugambakkam police station and the bag was ‘formally’ handed over to the woman.
Udayakumar told police he usually checked his auto after passengers left but since Vijayalakshmi had kept the bag in a corner, it was not visible.
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