Hyderabad

An auto-rickshaw driver who found a bag containing gold ornaments returned it to a couple who had lost it.

K Srinivas, SHO, Langer house Police Station, said the couple lost their handbag while coming back from Hashamnagar. On their way back to Tolichowk, they realized that their bag was missing.

"Mirza Sultan Baig and his wife Samera begum approached the police station with a request to trace the missing gold ornaments," the SHO said.

He said the couple while searching for their bag, got a call at 3:30 pm from an auto driver who had found their handbag.

The SHO said, "The auto driver, Syed Zakir, found the handbag with the gold ornaments along with one receipt. Immediately, he called the phone number and handed over the bag along with gold ornaments weighing about 10 tolas."

K Srinivas praised Zakir's honesty saying, "Today, the boy taught me that despite being poor, we should never steal or take something that does not belong to us."