Chennai: Railway police from Egmore recovered a jewelry bag that a Ponneri couple had misplaced at Chennai Park railway station and handed it over to the rightful owner.
Bharathkumar, a resident of Anuppampattu area near Ponneri in Tiruvallur district, came to Chennai Central station yesterday with his wife and relatives by electric train to exchange old jewelry.
From there, he came with his relatives to Park railway station to take an electric train to T. Nagar. Subsequently, Bharathkumar and his relatives boarded the electric train running towards Beach - Tambaram and were traveling.
At that time, it was found that Bharathkumar’s wife, Poonga, had forgotten her handbag at the railway station and had boarded an electric train. The bag contained two mobile phones, two sovereigns of gold jewelry, and Rs. 500.
At the same time, the bag was found by railway police patrolling the platform at the Poonga railway station. When they opened the bag, they found the above-mentioned jewelry, mobile phones, and cash inside.
Following this, the police brought the bag to the Egmore Railway Police Station. Meanwhile, Bharathkumar came with his wife to file a complaint at the Egmore Railway Police Station about the loss of the bag containing the jewelry and mobile phones.
Then the railway police informed the couple that they had seized a handbag during patrol duty at the Park Town railway station and showed it to them.
Bharath Kumar and his wife said that it was indeed theirs. After asking what all had been kept in it and investigating, the police confirmed that the bag belonged to them, obtained a written acknowledgment from them, and handed the bag over.
After the bag containing the lost jewelry and mobile phones was found again, Bharath Kumar and his wife thanked the police and left. Railway police senior officials praised the officers who recovered the jewelry bag and returned it.
