VISAKHAPATNAM: In a rare display of honesty, two residents of the city returned gold worth Rs 27 lakh to its rightful owner. Ambati Pola Raju, a petty trader, and his brother-in-law Thanbala Srinu found some gold coins while travelling in an RTC bus.
Pola Raju realised that a passenger in a front seat of the bus might have misplaced the gold. He visited the RTC Complex in the city but when he failed to find him, Pola Raju and Srinu went to PM Palem police station.
DCP (crimes) V Suresh Babu said that P Durga Rao, a goldsmith and a resident of Marikavalasa, had collected 454 grams of gold from five jewellery shops, put them in a bag and boarded the bus. He got down at Marikavalasa. A few minutes later, he realised he had left behind some of the gold on the bus. He immediately alerted the police by dialing 100 and later went to PM Palem police station.
While Durga Rao was talking to the policemen, Pola Raju and Srinu reached the place. “I decided to hand over the gold to the police so that they can locate the rightful owner,” said Pola Raju.
