Chennai: In an act of humanity, a driver and a conductor of an MTC bus returned a bag of cash belonging to a man from Andhra Pradesh who was in the city for his mother’s treatment.
Police said, the bag of cash belonged to Venkaiah (44), a native of Kadapa. He had lost his bag in MTC bus 114 which was plying between between Redhills and CMBT on 17 November. The bus’s driver Dilli and conductor Sayyed Ismael found the unclaimed bag around 9 pm that day.
After finding Rs 2.47 lakh cash in the bag, the duo informed Deputy Manager of Anna Nagar West depot, Kesavarama, who subsequently, handed over the bag to the police.
Meanwhile, Venkaiah had lodged a complaint at Redhills police station that his bag of cash was missing. The complaint was also shared with Anna Nagar police.
During inquiry, Venkaiah was made to identify the bag. He told police that he came to the city as his mother was admitted to a hospital here and had missed his bag in the bus. Meanwhile, Police Commissioner A K Viswanathan has lauded the driver and the conductor for their noble act.