MANGALURU: An honest Auto driver returned a bag containing gold ornaments to its owner who had left it in his auto at the KSRTC bus stand here on August 26.
The couple Deepti and Prashanth who is a software engineer from Bengaluru hand come to Mangaluru to attend a wedding at Kulai. They engaged an autorickshaw from the KSRTC bus stand to Kulai. The couple alighted the auto at Kulai but forgot to take the bag with them. The driver dropped the couple in Kulai and returned.
After some time the auto driver Pratap Shetty (35) noticed the bag in the passenger seat which the couple forgot to take. Pratap straight away went to the North police station and handed over the bag containing valuables to the police.
The North police inspector Shantharam informed the couple and asked them to come to the Police commissioner’s office to collect their bag containing gold ornaments worth Rs 5 lakh.
Police commissioner Chandra Sekhar appreciated the integrity of Pratap and rewarded him Rs 5000 along with an appreciation letter.
