The honesty of two policemen of Piplani police station is being appreciated among the city police, the two policemen found a stack of notes of Rs 31500 lying on the road and returned the money by tracking the person in three days who owned the money.
Constables Narendra Singh Chauhan and Divyanshu Dwivedi, posted at Piplani police station, were on duty in the mini FRV on the night of December 4.
At around 11 pm, both of them left for patrolling towards Sonagiri Point and reached near Piplani petrol pump when they saw a bundle of currency notes lying on the roadside. Both counted the notes in the bundle which was Rs 31500.
The cameras of the nearby shops were seen, but the owner of the notes could not be traced.
In such a situation, the money was kept in the police station after giving information to the station in-charge Ajay Nair.
Constable Narendra said that no one contacted for two days.
In such a situation, he gave the mobile numbers of the shops and hand carts near the place where the money was found and told them that if any person gives information about the missing money, then immediately inform the police.
Narendra got a call on the morning of December 7 and the caller identified himself as Shrinath Prasad(70) of Ballia, UP. He told that he is a retired teacher and came to Bhopal from UP for the marriage of brother's daughter in Bhopal.
On December 4, he came to Piplani area to buy fruits during which the cash which he was carrying fell from his pocket. After verification, the police called him to the police station on Thursday and returned the money. The retired teacher thanked the MP Police and appreciated the act.