When an autorickshaw driver returned a bag full of foreign currencies that someone had left in his vehicle, to the city railway police, they didn’t realise that they had stumbled upon a suspected foreign currency racket.
Ramesh Kumar picked up a customer at the pre-paid counter at the City Railway Station and dropped him off at B.T.M. Layout. The customer forgot the bag in the vehicle when he got off it.
Autorickshaw driver Ramesh Kumar handed over the bag to the railway police, who found 4,100 Euros, 10,000 Malaysian Ringgits, 2.99 lakh Sri Lankan Rupees, 45,805 UAE Dirham and Rs. 11,000 in cash.
The railway police lauded Mr. Ramesh Kumar’s honesty and felicitated him. They later set about tracing the owner of the bag.
Police sources said that when they traced the owner of the bag, he claimed to be working for a foreign exchange company in Chennai. He also claimed that the money was to be handed over to his colleague.
The police has asked him to submit proof for his justification and for his employment.
Superintendent of Police S.N. Siddaramappa told The Hindu that they suspect the money is part of a foreign currency racket.
“We have now written to the Directorate of Enforcement and have sought their help in investigating this case,” he said.
