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Indian woman loses purse with valuables worth nearly ₹1 lakh in Japan, stranger returns everything: ‘I want to cry’
An Indian woman in Japan lost her purse but found it at a police station with all her cash and valuables intact.
An Indian woman in Japan was left emotional after losing her purse containing cash, house keys and an expensive gadget, only to discover that a stranger had already handed it over to the police with everything inside intact.
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Taking to Instagram, Sonam Midha shared a video recounting the incident, saying she had nearly lost belongings worth around ₹1 lakh.
Purse left behind on rented bicycle
“I almost lost 1 lakh rupees today, you know, if... I actually lost my purse and we came to the police station to tell that, and turns out somebody already returned it and put my money also so nicely here. And they said that they don't want to reveal who they are, but they returned everything. I want to cry,” Midha said.
She explained that she and her friend had gone to a restaurant on a rented bicycle. Midha had kept her purse in the bicycle's basket but forgot to take it with her when they entered the restaurant.
“So I just ate for an hour, and we also spent some time there. But when I came back, then I realised, 'Oh, my purse isn't here!'” she said.
Midha returned to check the bicycle and the area where it had been parked, but the purse was nowhere to be found. She said she panicked as it contained her recently purchased DJI microphone, money and house keys.
“So I thought I should go to the police station and register a complaint that everything had been stolen,” she added.
However, when she reached the police station and described the contents of her purse, an officer told her that someone had recently handed in a matching bag.
“When I told them all the things, they said that they had a purse kept with them that someone had just turned in. So when I looked, it was actually my purse. Someone had already returned it to the police station,” Midha said.
Overwhelmed by the gesture, she added, “I wanted to cry, like, such nice people! People here are so kind, and humanity still exists here. And thank you, Japan.”
She captioned the video, “Visiting Police station and seeing an officer expecting my arrival was not on my bingo card of this year. Love you Japan.”
Watch the clip here:
Internet reacts
The video prompted several users to share similar experiences. One wrote, “Wow Japan. I am happy you found it all .” Another said, “I misplaced my wallet and didn’t realise where I had left it until I received a letter from the police station asking me to come and collect it. Japan is on another level!”
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A third commented, “Only in Japan could something like this happen, and nowhere else in the world.” Another added, “The same thing happened to me, and since that day, I’ve loved Japan even more.”
HT.com has reached out to the user for her comments, and the copy will be updated once her response is received.
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