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Bag containing over Rs 7 lakh found in Delhi Metro; restored

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
CISF personnel today detected an unattended bag containing over Rs 7 lakh at a Delhi Metro station here, which was later restored to its owner.

Officials said the incident happened at about 10:30 AM at the Uttam Nagar (West) station when CISF security personnel noticed an unattended bag at the X-ray baggage scanner at the station.

After conducting anti-sabotage checks, a senior official said the securitymen recovered from the bag a cash amount of Rs 7,62,622, a car key and two debit cards from the bag and it was kept in safe custody.

The CISF and Metro authorities got a phone number from the bag and a person identified as R Maini later came to claim the bag saying he had forgotten it.
 

Maini was later returned the bag and cash by Metro authorities after checking his bonafide details, a senior official said.

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First Published: Apr 21 2016 | 6:07 PM IST

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