Honesty is still the best policy

BHUBANESWAR: To get instant and easy money, some people choose the way of dacoity, looting and stealing, but few honest people do different things by returning missed money or jewelry to the owner of the valuables. Similar case happened with a slum dweller Narayan Jena of Salia Sahi under Nayapalli police station.

Jena, working as a mason, found a vanity bag fallen on the road on Wednesday morning while he was going to his work field. The bag containing jewelries worth Rs 3 lakh was falsely claimed by some persons to get the bag, but Jena handed over the vanity bag to the police station.

The vanity bag belonged to the wife of retired IPS officer Ashutosh Mishra. While she was going in his car, unknowingly her vanity felled down on the road.

Police officers and people of his area appreciated the honesty of Jena. Some people said honesty is still the best policy. Being a poor man, did not want to take the precious jewelry and money to home which is the real truthfulness of a man, said the police. Jena will be awarded by the Commissionerate Police for his honesty.