Man finds bag with cash, ends up being arrested for taking it away

Hameed Ashraf | NT

Bengaluru: A 37-year-old man couldn't believe it when he found a carton box containing Rs 94 lakh in cash kept on his scooter.

He was so excited that he couldn't figure out what to do with the money. But six days later, he was shocked when police came in search of the bag. Varun Gowda, a resident of Kalappa Block in Srinagar has been booked by Chandra Layout police.

The cash box belonged to a businessman, Pramod, a resident of 3rd Main Road,ITI Layout in the city.

Explaining the incident to News Trail, police said Pramod was seeking to purchase land and had carried Rs 94 lakh cash along with property documents in a bag to an advocate's office to complete the deal on September 6.

On the way he stopped at a friend's shop to recount the money.

"Pramod filled the cash in a carton box and around 11:30 am went to his car parked a few metres away from the shop. He placed the heavy box on a white coloured scooter to keep the property documents in his car first. He stated that he completely forgot about the cash box and drove away," a police officer said.

Nearing the advocate's office, Pramod realised he had left the cash box on the two-wheeler and took a U turn and came back to the same spot. Worried at not finding the box or two-wheeler, Pramod with nearby shopkeepers before approaching the police.

Police scanned footage from 300 CCTV cameras. As per the footage, it was just twelve seconds after Pramod drove away that Varun arrived to take his scooter and found the box.

When he checked it, he was shocked to see bundles of cash in it. He carried the box to his house and hid it without telling anyone about it.

The police said that the accused who was baffled, spent Rs 5000 and was planningto buying a secondhand SUV.

During interrogation, he said that he acted on impulse since no one was around to claim it. The cash was recovered and the accused was booked.