Coimbatory: Kuniyamuth police have appreciated 39-year-old sanitation worker Marimmal for submitting Rs 6,200 which he got from Jalan Palakkad near Junction Gnanapuram when cleaning the garbage on Tuesday.
However, no one approached the police who claimed the amount until night.
A police officer said Mariamal, the wife of Rangathan from Netaji Nagar at Kunathupalayam, was a sanitation worker at Ward 83.
“When on duty, he saw a brown cover containing Rs 6,200 on Jalan Palakkad around 11am.
He immediately approached us and submitted that number To Sub-Inspector Ganesh Kumar.
“The officer said they would immediately issue his certificate.
In another incident, Vijayakumar’s automatic rickshaw driver secured the RS 50,000 which he got from Jalan Arungalamam at Puram Hospital on Tuesday to Polits Police Inspector Anathajothi.