Human computer Shakuntala gets her arithmetic wrong

Shakuntala Devi soon realised her mistake and contacted the PCR. The pre-paid taxi was subsequently traced to the Parliament Street area and the bag was retrieved.

According to the police, the driver later realised that there was an extra bag in his vehicle, and was coming back to Shakuntala8217;s residence to return it when he was intercepted by the police.

She said today, 8220;I was feeling sleepy and by mistake I got down without the bag. By the time I realised that a bag was missing, the taxi driver had left.8221; The bag containedsome personal belongings and a mathematics manuscript.