Mangaluru bus conductor, driver hand over Rs 10,000 cash found on bus

City Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar meets bus conductor and driver who had handed over Rs 10,000 found on the seat of the bus to the police, in Mangaluru. Credit: Special Arrangement

Honesty came under the praise of City Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar after a bus driver and conductor returned Rs 10,000 cash found on the seat of a bus bound to Talapady from State Bank Circle in Mangaluru.

According to the Commissioner, driver Dinakar and conductor Althaf noticed the cash on the seat of the bus named "Mahesh", after passengers exited the bus at Thokkottu. To ensure that the money reaches the owner, the duo has handed it over to the City Police Commissioner’s office in Mangaluru and later they met the commissioner as well.

The Commissioner said that passenger who has lost the money can visit the police commissioner's office to claim it by submitting the proof for the money lost.

According to Althaf and Dinakar, there have been many times they have come across mobile phones on the seat of the bus and have returned to its owner.

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