Auto-rickshaw driver hands over bag containing Rs 5 lakh-worth jewellery to police in Thane

A police team in Thane traced the owners of the bag containing Rs 5 lakh-worth jewellery, who are London-based lawyers and are currently visiting India, and returned the bag, the official said.

An auto-rickshaw driver in Thane handed over to police a bag containing gold jewellery worth Rs 5 lakh, left behind by a passenger couple, police said on Thursday.

An auto-rickshaw driver in Thane handed over to police a bag containing gold jewellery worth Rs 5 lakh on Thursday. (Representative image/Mint)

Bipinbhai Patel found a bag containing jewellery in his rickshaw on Wednesday, a police officer said.

Realising that a couple who had boarded the rickshaw earlier in the day must have left it behind, he approached the Local Crime Branch of Thane Rural Police at Kashimira.

A police team traced its owners, Zulfikar Lakdawala and Rachna Lakdawala, who are London-based lawyers and are currently visiting India, and returned the bag, the official said.

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