Despite the tragedy of his death, Satyendra Dubey has gone onto inspire millions of ordinary Indians willing to stand for greater probity in public life.
When Akshara reached the stationmaster’s office, she admitted that she had lost her purse around 9 pm. And it was only because of Dipchand’s honesty, that she had recovered it within an hour.
The contents of the bag included over Rs 80,000 in cash (fees collected from students), her credit and debit cards, Aadhaar, driving licence, PAN card, car registration documents, two cellphones, house keys and even her locker keys.
Jumping into quick action, he rushed to the duty pointsman and Station Master, who then as per protocol, alerted the Railway Protection Force in Tambaram.
Meet Gadadhar Mandal, a 53-year-old taxi driver in Mumbai who is known and respected for his honesty. His regular passengers know him as the person who has returned numerous mobile phones to people who leave theirs in his cab.
When a man left his bag that had Rs. 6 lakh in a taxi, he would have imagined the worst. But thanks to a very honest taxi driver, his got back all his money without much delay.