Lost bag found on Pune-Ernakulam train, recovered by Konkan Railway

The bag was immediately secured and handed over to the Railway Protection Force. PIC VIA KONKAN RAILWAY

During routine ticket inspections on Train No. 22150 Pune-Ernakulam Superfast Express, Konkan Railway discovered an unattended bag in B1 coach on Monday.

The bag contained cash of Rs 4,933, a wallet, Aadhaar card, ATM and credit cards, keys, charger, data cable, earphones, and other personal items. It was immediately secured and handed over to the Railway Protection Force for further action.

Konkan Railway has advised passengers to stay vigilant and report any unclaimed belongings to railway staff to maintain a safe and secure travel environment.

Operation Amanat: RPF Andheri returns bag with Rs 1.59 lakh worth of valuables to elderly passenger in Mumbai

In a commendable act of honesty and prompt action under Operation Amanat, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) at Andheri returned a bag containing valuables worth Rs 1.59 lakh to an elderly passenger who had accidentally left it behind on a Mumbai local train.

According to RPF officers, the incident occurred around 8.30 am on Saturday when assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASI) Lalit Kumar Tripathi and ASI Karan Singh, and constables Ajit Kumar and Shivratan Yadav were on patrol duty on platform No 8 at Andheri Station. Passengers travelling on a Virar-Andheri fast local train informed the personnel about an unattended bag lying in the luggage coach.

The RPF team checked the bag in the presence of passengers and found no suspicious items. As no one present claimed ownership, the bag was brought to the RPF Andheri post for further verification. Shortly thereafter, a call was received on the mobile phone found inside the bag.

Commuter had left bag behind while changing trains at Andheri

The caller informed the RPF that he had been travelling from Vasai Road to Mumbai Central, but as the local train terminated at Andheri, he alighted at the station and, in a hurry to catch another fast local from platform No 7, inadvertently left his bag behind.

The passenger was asked to come to the RPF post, following which Vipinbhai Amritlal Asra (75), a resident of Veereshwar Nagar, Vasai West, arrived and identified the bag. Upon verification in his presence, the bag was found to contain a Samsung S24 Ultra mobile phone worth Rs 1.31 lakh, cash amounting to Rs 5,000, a green-coloured bag, old and new clothes, a charger, a savings box and a sweets box, taking the total value of the contents to Rs 1,59,500.