Junk Dealer Returns 10 Tolas Gold Found in Scrap to Owner After Six Months

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News18•19-02-2026, 15:48
Junk Dealer Returns 10 Tolas Gold Found in Scrap to Owner After Six Months
- •A junk dealer in Faridabad, Haryana, returned 100 grams of gold jewelry to a family six months after they sold him the scrap.
- •The family had hidden the gold in a box within a sack of junk to protect it from thieves while they were away at Kumbh Mela.
- •During Diwali cleaning, they mistakenly sold the sack containing the 10 tolas of gold, worth 1.5 million rupees, to Haji Akhtar Khan Sahab.
- •Four months later, the family remembered the hidden gold and approached the junk dealer.
- •The junk dealer, Haji Akhtar Khan Sahab, found the jewelry and returned it to Ashok Sharma and his family in the presence of ACP Jitesh Malhotra, setting an example of honesty.
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