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Pahalgam driver returns lost gold worth Rs 10 lakh to Hyderabad tourist

By News Desk

December 06, 2022

A driver in the Pahalgam area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag on Tuesday returned gold worth Rs 10 lakh to a Hyderabad tourist.

Abdul Rashid Wani, president of Taxi Stand Movera Pahalgam told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Akash Farooq Wani, a Tavera driver, returned gold worth Rs 10 lakh to a Hyderabad tourist, who was on a visit to Pahalgam and forgot the gold in Akash’s vehicle yesterday.

He said the tourist had already informed the stand that he had forgotten the gold in the vehicle. “When we informed the driver, he searched his vehicle and found the gold, and the same was returned to the tourist,” he said.

He added the tourist from Hyderabad came back from Srinagar airport to collect the gold.

Meanwhile, the tourist expressed his gratitude to the driver for returning his lost gold—(KNO)