Family Reclaims Lost Rs 25 Lakh Gold Bag in Mumbai

A family recovered a bag with gold worth Rs 25 lakh after it was forgotten in an Uber cab in Mumbai. The search started when Nazir Ul Hasan filed a complaint. Police managed to track down the cab driver's wife, who had the bag, and successfully returned it to the family.

A family managed to get back a bag containing gold worth Rs 25 lakh that was left behind in an aggregator cab in Jogeshwari in the western part of Mumbai, a police official said on Thursday.

The search for the bag started after 46-year-old businessman Nazir Ul Hasan approached Oshiwara police station on August 10 and filed a complaint about the missing ornaments, the official disclosed.

According to Hasan's complaint, his family had travelled from Vasai in neighbouring Palghar district to Jogeshwari on August 9 in an Uber cab. After they alighted at Adarsh Nagar in Jogeshwari, the family collected their luggage but soon realized one piece was missing. Calls made to the cab driver did not produce a proper answer, and the driver subsequently stopped responding.

During the investigation, the police managed to find the cab driver's wife's phone number. She informed them that the bag was in her possession. Police then went to her house in Vasai and recovered the bag, which contained 350 grams of gold ornaments valued at Rs 25 lakh. The bag and its valuables were handed over to Hasan, the official confirmed.