A poor rag picker woman returned Rs 2 lac that she found at public place to its owner in Mahesana town of north Gujarat.

Mahesana’s Ganj bazar based grain merchant Biren Jayantilal Shah was in town’s Toranvali Mata chowk with his wife and a bag of Rs 2 lac on 22nd June evening at around 8:30 pm for shopping. When he found his bag missing, he submitted an application in local police station in this regard.

On Saturday, at around 9.00 pm, a local rag picker Chandrikaben Rohitbhai Senama was in Toranvali Mata chowk in the course of rag picking routine. She spotted a plastic bag and put it inside her waste collecting bag. Next morning when she unloaded her waste bag, she was surprised to see Rs 2 lac cash.

Chandrikaben could simply keep Rs 2 lac with her. But honest she went to police station and deposited Rs 2 lac there. As soon as police received this cash, it contacted Biren Shah and gave him his money back.