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Honest cabbie returns Rs 80,000 package left in his vehicle
MUMBAI: Commuters who have forgotten their belongings in cabs would know that seeing them again is virtually unthinkable. But Laxman Narula (49), a cab driver in the city, turned out to be an exception.
Software engineer Nitish Mehta (35) and his brother Pankaj Mehta (37) hauled a cab from Lower Parel to Mazgaon on Tuesday afternoon. When getting off at their destination, they didn't realise that they had forgotten a package inside the cab. Narula, who noticed the package a while later, was surprised by its contents. "I never noticed that a package was lying on the backseat, but the next customer who sat in my cab found it. When we opened the package, we were shocked to see crisp notes in the package," said Narula.
Nitish forgot the package containing Rs 80,000 in Narula's cab and for almost 30 minutes, both brothers didn't realise it was missing. "We frantically started checking the stairs in the building and the room but couldn't find it. Since I hadn't even noted the cab number, I was sure I had lost the package," Nitish said.
To his surprise, he found Narula waiting for them under the same building even 30 minutes after they left the cab. "Since the next customer found the package almost 10 minutes after I dropped its owners, I requested the customer to find another cab and rushed to where I dropped them in Mazgaon," added Narula. He waited till the brothers stepped out of the gate and handed over the package to them without any hesitation. "I was pleasantly surprised to know we still have such angels in the city. I didn't know how to thank him for his favour," said Mehta.
Narula says he doesn't remember a customer leaving behind valuables in his cab. "I've been driving a taxi for the past 30 years in the city and never have I faced such a situation. I'm a follower of the Brahma Kumaris and it would have been wrong on my part to run away with someone else's money," he said.
Honest cabbie returns Rs 80,000 package left in his vehicle - The Times of India
MUMBAI: Commuters who have forgotten their belongings in cabs would know that seeing them again is virtually unthinkable. But Laxman Narula (49), a cab driver in the city, turned out to be an exception.
Software engineer Nitish Mehta (35) and his brother Pankaj Mehta (37) hauled a cab from Lower Parel to Mazgaon on Tuesday afternoon. When getting off at their destination, they didn't realise that they had forgotten a package inside the cab. Narula, who noticed the package a while later, was surprised by its contents. "I never noticed that a package was lying on the backseat, but the next customer who sat in my cab found it. When we opened the package, we were shocked to see crisp notes in the package," said Narula.
Nitish forgot the package containing Rs 80,000 in Narula's cab and for almost 30 minutes, both brothers didn't realise it was missing. "We frantically started checking the stairs in the building and the room but couldn't find it. Since I hadn't even noted the cab number, I was sure I had lost the package," Nitish said.
To his surprise, he found Narula waiting for them under the same building even 30 minutes after they left the cab. "Since the next customer found the package almost 10 minutes after I dropped its owners, I requested the customer to find another cab and rushed to where I dropped them in Mazgaon," added Narula. He waited till the brothers stepped out of the gate and handed over the package to them without any hesitation. "I was pleasantly surprised to know we still have such angels in the city. I didn't know how to thank him for his favour," said Mehta.
Narula says he doesn't remember a customer leaving behind valuables in his cab. "I've been driving a taxi for the past 30 years in the city and never have I faced such a situation. I'm a follower of the Brahma Kumaris and it would have been wrong on my part to run away with someone else's money," he said.
Honest cabbie returns Rs 80,000 package left in his vehicle - The Times of India
