Mumbai: Borivali Police trace bag with valuables worth Rs 21 lakh within an hour

Borivali police traces and returns the lost bag to its owner within an hour. File pic

In a noteworthy incident reported from the Borivali police station limits, a bag containing valuables worth approximately Rs 21 lakh was traced and returned to its owner within just one hour, highlighting the promptness of the Mumbai Police.

The incident occurred on February 2, at around 10 am, when Vikas Chavan, a professional director associated with advertisements and small and large-scale shoots for various companies, was on his way to Gorai Beach for a shoot.

After alighting from an autorickshaw, he accidentally left behind his bag containing valuable equipment. The rickshaw driver drove away, leaving Chavan distressed.

The bag contained a camera, laptop, tablet and other costly equipment. Realising the lossed possession, Chavan immediately approached Borivali Police Station and lodged a complaint with PSI Sagar.

Borivali Police launched an immediate search operation

Acting swiftly on the complaint, the crime detection team of Borivali Police launched an immediate search operation without any delay. With the coordinated efforts of Police Constables Yogesh Khedkar and Rishikesh Naikare, first investigating officer Vilas Satpute, along with Police Sub-Inspector Wudre, the concerned autorickshaw was traced within an hour.

The police safely recovered the bag and returned it to the complainant. The recovered items included a laptop worth approximately Rs 3 lakh, a tablet valued at Rs 50,000, a camera worth Rs 50,000, and other miscellaneous items worth around Rs 1 lakh, totalling Rs 5 lakh in physical assets. Notably, the data stored in the laptop was estimated to be worth nearly Rs 16 lakh.

Thus, the Borivali police officers and staff successfully recovered and returned a bag valued at around Rs 21 lakh to the complainant within an hour.