A Pune resident who threw her old purse out while cleaning her house for Diwali, later found out that it contained jewelry worth Rs 3 lakhs, and was able to get the purse back.During her ritualistic Diwali cleaning, Rekha Sulekar gave an old handbag lying in her house to a ghanta-Gadi, the garbage collecting van.She late realized that the bag contained precious jewelry, and her family contacted the PCMC health officials, who advised her to go to a specific dumping yard to retrieve the bag.The old jewelry is from their ancestral.
When that contacted the PCMC and told An employee of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) searched frantically for an hour and was able to find the bag with the precious items inside.The bag contained precious items inside.
Initially, they thought they wouldn’t find the old purse but after searching they found it.Reportedly, the woman sought the help of a social worker, who afterward called the PCMC health department team.The corporation employee then returned the bag safely to the owners. PCMC even appreciated the employee for swift help.