Honest Autorickshaw Driver Travels 32 KM To Return Laptop To Owner

Pune based autorickshaw driver Dilip Raising returned a bag with a laptop left behind by a software engineer M Narendra Chaudhari on Sunday morning.

Raising drove to Baner from Pune railway station to trace the passenger. When he did not find him, he approached Magarpatta police chowky under the Hadapsar police station and handed over the bag.

Chaudhari had come to the police chowky to lodge a complaint and found his laptop intact. Assistant inspector of the Hadapsar police station Salim Nadaf felicitated Raising.

Nadaf says that on Sunday around 8.30 am, Chaudhari had boarded Raising's autorickshaw in Magarpatta area to go to Baner.

"Chaudhari was carrying his laptop bag with him. After alighting from the autorickshaw, Chaudhari hurriedly paid the fare and walked away, leaving behind his possession," Nadaf said.

Raising picked up another passenger and left for Pune railway station. "While checking, Raising found a red bag behind the seat and a laptop in it when he opened it," he said.

He knew it belonged to his previous passenger. "Raising immediately drove back to Baner and searched the area for his passenger," he said. He then went in the opposite direction to Magarpatta from where the passenger had boarded his autorickshaw.

"He waited for some time to locate the laptop bag's owner and then decided to hand it over to the nearest police chowky ," Nadaf said.

Raising told the policemen the entire story. "Just as he was about to leave, Chaudhari rushed in. He identified his bag and laptop worth Rs 70,000," Nadaf said.