Debt-rid den auto driver returns bag worth ` 14L to owner
Setting a perfect example of humanity and honesty, an auto-rickshaw driver from Kashimira ensured that a bag with valuables worth more than Rs. 14 lakh left behind in his vehicle was retur ned to its rightful owner on Sunday.
According to the police, the honest auto-rickshaw driver has been identified as- Iftekhar Ali Nadir Shaikh who had dropped a Gujarat-bound passengerNazneen Shaikh at the bus stand on the highway in Kashimira on Saturday night. After dropping the passenger, Iftekhar winded up his day’s business and straightaway headed home.
The next day he spotted the bag while he had queued up his auto at the CNG-station in Mira Road. Not wasting a minute, he rushed to the Mira Road police station where onduty personnel directed him to approach the Kashimira police.
“I immediately went to the Kashimira police station and handed over the bag to the on-duty personnel and left. I am relieved to know that the bag has reached its rightful owner,” says a visibly humbleIftekhar.
“Along with other valuables including gold or naments, the bag contained a couple of mobile phones on the virtue of which we
tried to establish contact with the owner. In the meanwhile missing object reports were also scanned and we found a matching complaint which led us to the rightful owner. We are really proud of honest and selfless citizens like
Iftekhar,” said API Yogesh Deshmukh.
The woman was in-tears after getting back the bag. It is interesting to note that despite the fact that he has been unable to clear the EMI’s of his auto-rickshaw for the past four months.