Lost and Found - A Night Worth Remembering!

After returning from some important work at UTI infrastructure(Dalhousie, Kolkata) to update the addresses associated with our PAN cards, my father was left clueless at home as he could not find our official documents(PAN card, Voter ID card,Driving license,etc). Our documents were nowhere to be found in the house after a lot of search. Suddenly, he remembered that he must have left those documents at UTI. A lot of time had passed as father was back since afternoon. It was evening time and the UTI office was long closed. We had lost hope that we would see our documents again when my father suggested that lets try and get back there and ask the security guards if they had got the lost items.

Father was thinking to go alone. But I accompanied him. We missed a bus towards Dalhousie at the bus stop. Later a Tata Indica cab carried us to Science City where we boarded the bus we missed.

When we reached Dalhousie to find the office closed, we asked a nearby shop owner who happened to be a friend of the security guard. We described our problem who after a lot persuasion agreed to call the security guard.

The security guards were at first reluctant to search the office premises at that hour. But after a lot of request, they agreed to search. We waited. But they said they could not find any such documents. Disappointed, we left my father's mobile number with the security guard.

We left with a sad note towards the bus stand,  when my mother called up to know whether we have recovered the documents. She too was left sad at the bad news.

Suddenly, a few minutes later my father's phone began to ring. It was an unknown number. He picked up the call. Oh God! It was the security guard who told us that the documents were found at last! Someone had kept them inside a drawer. We were truly overjoyed!

Hastily we rushed towards the office and recovered them!

We rewarded the shop owner with a 50 rupee note as without him this would not have been possible. He was very happy to receive it!

That was really a night(22/12/12) worth remembering!