MTC crew returns bag with Rs1 lakh

CHENNAI: An MTC bus driver and a conductor played good samaritans handing over an abandoned bag containing more than Rs 1 lakh in cash and receipts for Rs 1.5 lakh at a police station in Gummidipoondi. The bag was later handed over to its owner.Police said, MTC bus driver K Shankar (29) and conductor S Mohan Kumar of bus number 557, that plied between Broadway and Gummidipoondi, found an abandoned bag next to the driver’s seat. The bus, which started at around 5.30 am from Broadway, by then had reached Gummidipoondi. The two MTC crew opened the bag to find the cash and receipts and immediately handed it over to police officials at the Gummidipoondi SIPCOT police station.Bhoopalan (54), an employee working with a lorry booking office at Madhavaram bypass road, later approached the police and claimed the bag. Police said the 54-year-old man, who had worked throughout the night to get company orders, had boarded the bus to reach Madhavaram. He dozed off in the bus and got down in the bus stop, leaving behind his bag in the vehicle. After realising that he had left his bag behind, he had taken another bus to follow the vehicle in which he had left his bag, police said.