Bhopal: Thousands of people participated in the rallies triggered by Anna Hazare's recent anti-corruption campaign. But how many of us came back home convinced that we would be able to say no to graft or easy money? At least a poor autorickshaw driver in Madhya Pradesh did.
In a rare display of honesty an auto-rickshaw driver in Hoshangabad, returned jewellery worth over Rs 2 lakh he had found accidentally almost five years ago.
The driver, Kedar Bamre, went to the city police on Monday and surrendered the jewels, exhorting the cops to find its real owners.
He mustered the courage to disclose the guarded secret after five years after joining the public protests against corruption that were held in the city to support Hazare's campaign.
Bamre told police that his conscience had been pricking him ever since the joined the Gandhian leader's anti-corruption campaign.
"I couldn't sleep at night after shouting in the streets against corruption. The fact that I had kep jewels that were not mine kept haunting me," he told police.
In 2006, while he was driving his auto near a railway overbridge in Hoshangabad, Bamre saw a bag fall from a motorbike in front of him.
While the bike sped away, Bamre picked up the bag and found it to be full of gold jewellery.
Since no one had seen him picking up the bag, and there was no claimant around, he brought the jewels home.
For five years he kep them hidden as savings for the family.
But a few weeks ago, Bamre decided to find the actual owner. But it wasn't easy. His wife and four children protested the decision, saying the jewels were the only deposits they had.
But on Monday he decided to listen to his conscience and approach the police.
Confirming the story, station head officer (SHO) Kotwali SK Singh told the media, "We have initiated a probe to locate the real owner. We would look at records to find out if a report was filed in 2006 for the missing jewellery," he said.
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