The 90-yr-old forgot his belongings at Amritsar railway station
A 90-year-old US-based NRI, Mulakh Raj, never thought that he would get back his valuables kept in the hand bag which he forgot at the Amritsar railway station here on Thursday,May 26, a report in The Tribune, Chandigarh says.
However, personnel of the Government Railway Police (GRP), who found the bag, managed to trace his relatives in Amritsar and ultimately returned the bag, which was containing an Apple laptop, two mobiles, tab, camera and other things, to him.
DSP Surinder Kumar said such gestures go a long way in improving the image of the police department. He handed over the belongings to the NRI.
Mulakh Raj said he had visited around 120 countries and never had such a wonderful experience. “After losing my bag, I was disappointed and thought that I would never get it back. I was to lodge a complaint with the GRP. Thankfully, they already found and returned it to me. Me and my family are indebted to the GRP,” he said.
Dharminder Kalyan, SHO, GRP police station, said Mulakh Raj came to Amritsar from Delhi on Thursday morning to meet some relatives in Rani Ka Bagh area. Being an aged person, he forgot his briefcase and a hand bag at the railway station. Instead of going to Rani Ka Bagh, he lost his way when he exited from the station on the bus stand side.
The railway police found the NRI’s mobile number from a diary inside his missing bag and managed to contact his relatives in Rani Ka Bagh area. His relatives traced him at the bus stand and brought him to the police station where his belongings were returned to him.
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