7-year-old TN boy finds Rs 50,000 near school, hands it over to police

A 7-year old boy who found a bundle of Rs 500 notes totalling Rs 50,000, while playing in front of his school, has come in for praise from the local police after he handed it over to them.

Mohammaed Yasin, studying in the second standard at the Chinnasemur Panchayat Union School, near here, found the money during the school interval at around 11:00 am yesterday, and gave it to his teacher.

The teacher took the boy with the bundle to the headmaster, who took Yasin with the cash to a local police station and handed it over to the superintendent of police Sakthi Ganesh.

The official was all praise for the boy and arranged to buy garments for him as a reward for his deed, police said.

Ganesh said the boy would also be given a certificate for his honesty on July 19 during the district police officers meeting. Later, the police said the person who lost the money could approach them and claim the cash after submitting proof.