New Delhi: The Greater Noida Police on Thursday came to the rescue of a non-resident Indian (NRI) who forgot a bag full of jewellery worth Rs 1 crore in a cab in Ghaziabad, news agency PTI reported.
The jewellery was recovered within four hours after the Uber cab was traced by a team of local police.
According to the police, Nikhilesh Kumar Sinha resides in London with his family and they were in Greater Noida for his daughter's wedding.
"When they reached Sarovar Portico hotel in the Gaur City area, they realised that one of the bags containing jewellery and other valuable items was missing and suspected it could have been left in the cab they had taken to reach the hotel," PTI quoted a police spokesperson as saying.
"The family approached the police station around 4 pm after which a search was launched immediately. The family provided us with the cab driver's number and we inquired about its live location from the Uber's office in Gurgaon and traced it in Ghaziabad,” Anil Kumar Rajpoot, the in-charge of the local police station, said.
According to police, after four hours of frantic searches, the Uber driver was found in the Lal Kuan area of Ghaziabad, and the bag was recovered from the boot of the vehicle with all the belongings safe in it.
"The driver told the police that he was unaware of the bag being in the boot of his cab. The bag was locked and it was opened in front of the complainant, his relatives and the driver at the police station," the police official further said.
All the jewellery that is worth over ₹ 1 crore was found safe in the bag. It was later handed over to Mr Sinha. The family expressed gratitude for the work done by the police, the official added.