Ashraf N.K., a 50-year-old fruit vendor, froze when he reached his shop at NGO Quarters near Thrikkakara in Ernakulam district of Kerala with the day’s stock and checked his trouser pocket to pay the autorickshaw fare on March 14 (Thursday) morning.
A bundle of ₹500 currency notes he had kept wrapped in a plastic cover had simply gone missing, leaving behind the cover alone. He had gone to the Aluva market with the sales proceeds of nearly ₹40,000 to buy fruits.
“I was sure that I had kept the money in my trouser pocket but had no clue where I lost it. Then I came across a media report the next morning about people picking up currency notes found flying around at Companypady near Aluva,” says Mr. Ashraf who returned from Qatar a couple of years ago and joined his friend in the fruit business since.
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