Kenyan woman forgets $15,500 in taxi, cops find it in four days
MUMBAI: The Gamdevi police recently traced a bag containing $15,500 that belonged to Naiya Kesharia, the soon-to-be daughter-in-law of a Kenyan politician, who had come to India to shop for her wedding. She left for Kenya on Wednesday.
On November 17, Kesharia, who is of Indian origin, arrived in Mumbai from Ahmedabad to buy jewellery and clothes for her upcoming wedding in February. She is engaged to the son of Sanjay Tanna, a former elected representative in Kenya.
After arriving at Mumbai airport, she took a taxi and went to a boutique in south Mumbai. She was carrying a bag that contained the foreign currency, equivalent to ₹11 lakh.
However, minutes after she entered the boutique, she realised that she had forgotten the bag in the taxi.
“I ran out of the boutique but the taxi driver had already left by then. I tried asking the people around me, but was not able to trace the cab driver,” Kesharia said in her statement to the police. She then approached the Gamdevi police station and registered a complaint. A police team, led by sub-inspector Abhijeet Deshmukh, started scanning CCTV footage in the area. “We scanned the footage for over eight hours before tracing down the one that Kesharia had boarded,” said a police officer.
The bag was traced within four days of Kesharia filing the complaint.
Gokul Singh Patil, senior police inspector, Gamdevi police confirmed the development. “The taxi driver claims that he had also been searching for Kesharia. He had kept the bag and the cash at his residence. We have not arrested him,” said Patil.
“It was the only cash that I brought for my wedding shopping. I was losing hope that it would be found, but I am thankful to the Mumbai police for their effort,” Kesharia said.