NEW DELHI, June 16: In a sort of miracle and thanks to CCTV cameras in public places, the Mumbai police managed to recover “from rats” a bag containing gold ornaments worth over Rs five lakhs.
According to the police, 10 Tolas (about 100 grams) of gold kept in the bag was found in a gutter and in the possession of a rat near the Gokuldham Colony, Sub-Inspector G Gharge on Thursday said.
The incident was narrated by the police after recovering the gold jewellery on checking the CCTV footage which showed a few rats taking a bag of gold from a garbage dump into a gutter, the SI said.
The police said a woman named Sundari was going to mortgage 10 tola of gold ornaments contained in a bag to take a loan for her daughter’s marriage while she was also carrying a “vadapav” in another bag. On the way, Sundari handed over a bag, what she thought contained the vadapav,” to a beggar child.
Upon reaching the bank, she realised her blunder that she handed over the wrong bag to the child. She immediately rushed to the spot. However, the child was not there. She informed the police about the incident.
Dindoshi Police team chief Suraj Raut immediately started investigating the matter. Officer Suraj Raut scanned the CCTV footage of the area in which he spotted the child and his mother. When the police contacted the woman, she said the vadapav “was dry and threw the packet in the garbage heap.”
When the police examined the CCTV footage installed near that garbage dump, it was found that the bag police were looking for was in the possession of a rat. The police chased the rat but it jumped into a nearby gutter. The police eventually found the bag with the gold ornaments intact.
(Manas Dasgupta)
