Auto driver returns gold worth Rs 5L to London couple

  • | Sunday | 22nd July, 2018

They had lost hope of ever getting back their valuables.The couple and police lauded Patel for his honesty. MUMBAI: An auto-rickshaw driver returned a bag containing valuables worth Rs 5 lakh, left behind by a London-based lawyer couple in Mira Road.Bipin Patel noticed a black bag lying in his auto on July 18 and found gold jewellery in it. Realising that it may belong to a couple who had just hired his auto, Patel handed over the bag to Kashimira police station.Patel described the area where the couple had been dropped off and cops from the local crime branch traced the couple, Zulfikar Lakdawala and Rachna, both lawyers who were visiting India.The bag was later handed over to the couple at the police station.The couple, who have been in London since 2002, had realised they left the bag in the auto a little after they had alighted.

MUMBAI: An auto-rickshaw driver returned a bag containing valuables worth Rs 5 lakh, left behind by a London-based lawyer couple in Mira Road.Bipin Patel noticed a black bag lying in his auto on July 18 and found gold jewellery in it. Realising that it may belong to a couple who had just hired his auto, Patel handed over the bag to Kashimira police station.Patel described the area where the couple had been dropped off and cops from the local crime branch traced the couple, Zulfikar Lakdawala and Rachna, both lawyers who were visiting India.The bag was later handed over to the couple at the police station.The couple, who have been in London since 2002, had realised they left the bag in the auto a little after they had alighted. They had lost hope of ever getting back their valuables.The couple and police lauded Patel for his honesty.

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