Prayagraj: The CCTV network has helped the joint team of special operations group (SOG) and Colonelganj police in recovering the missing bag of a local lawyer here on Thursday. The bag contained signed cheques amounting to Rs 6 lakh, Rs 45,000 cash and other documents.
The police team on Thursday handed over the bag to its owner Vishambhar Verma, a resident of Chandpur Salori.
Superintendent of police (City) Dinesh Kumar Singh told TOI that the bag owner, Vishambhar Verm, lost his bag containing cheques with authorized signatures amounting to Rs 6 lakh, Rs 45,000 cash and other documents on June 27 between KPUC hostel and Krishna Coaching centre at around 12:10 pm when he was going somewhere by his scooty.
“As the owner found his bag missing, he lodged a complaint with the Colonelganj police and a joint team of SOG and Colonelganj police swung into action. With the help of the CCTV network, the
cops identified a man who had picked up the bag and later traced his location. The police then recovered the missing bag from him and handed it over to its owner,” he added.