AMAR KOLKATA METRO
KOLKATA
PRESS RELEASE
Rs.35,500 RECOVERED AND RETURNED TO A COMMUTER
Kolkata, Date: 17.12.2023
On 16.12.2023 at about 16:15 hrs. a Metro commuter handed over a unclaimed bag to the on-duty RPF staff at the platform of Jatin Das Park Metro station of Blue Line. After proper security checking, he deposited it at the Station Master’s office.
Thereafter, Station Master made a control message to all the stations. After opening the bag, Rs. 35,500 cash and other valuable items were found therein.
After sometimes, a commuter came to the Station Master's Office of the Rabindra Sadan Metro station and told that he had left a bag in the Metro and deboarded at Rabindra Sadan Metro station. After knowing the information that a bag had been recovered at Jatin Das Park Metro station, he reached there and claimed the ownership of the bag. After proper verification and complying with all official formalities, the bag was handed over to him.
He expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Metro Railway Authorities for helping him to recover the lost bag.
Kausik Mitra
Chief Public Relations Officer
