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THE MUMBAI police helped a city-based businessman find a bag containing Rs 42 lakh cash that he forgot in a taxi while travelling from south Mumbai to Ghatkopar on Monday. It took the police two days to trace the taxi driver who had the bag.
An officer said that earlier this week, 38-year-old businessman Alpesh Laapsiya had complained to the Pant Nagar police station in Ghatkopar (east) about his lost bag. He informed the police that he forgot his bag containing Rs 42 lakh in a taxi in which he was travelling from Gulalwadi to Ghatkopar late Monday night. Based on his complaint, the police launched a probe.
Police scanned multiple CCTV cameras installed along the Eastern Freeway which the taxi used to drop him to Ghatkopar. However, they did not find any clue about the cab. Later they checked the cameras installed at Wadi Bunder signal where they spotted the cab. The police then used the taxi number and with the help of an e-challan machine, they got all the details about the vehicle, said an officer from the Pant Nagar police station.
The police found out that the taxi is owned by a resident of Tardeo. The police then reached his house and recovered the bag with the entire amount. The driver was aware of the cash in the bag, yet he did not contact the police, the officer said. The officer added, “However, as the businessman did not lodge any complaint against the taxi driver, no case was registered against him. The bag containing cash was handed over to the businessman.”
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