AMAR METRO
KOLKATA
PRESS RELEASE
LOST PURSE RETURNED TO A METRO COMMUTER
Kolkata, Date: 02.01.2025
On 01.01.2025, at 21:40 hrs an on-duty RPF staff posted at Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Metro station while conducting a routine patrolling recovered an unclaimed purse at the platform and deposited it to the Station Master’s Office of the station. After opening the purse, some valuable items were found therein.
Thereafter, Station Master made repeated announcements requesting the owner of the purse to collect it from the Station Master's Office and a control message was also communicated to all the stations.
After sometime, a commuter came to the Station Master’s Office of Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Metro station and claimed the ownership of the recovered purse and the items containing therein. After proper verification and fulfilling all official formalities, the purse along with all other items were handed over to him.
He expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Metro Railway authorities for helping him to get back the lost purse.
