Sikh taxi driver awarded for honesty in Australia
Thursday, 21/11/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20131121/punjab.htm#16
Sydney : A Sikh taxi driver in Australia, who returned 1,10,000 Australian dollars he found on the rear seat of his cab to its owners, has received a Melbourne City Council award for his honesty.
Lakhwinder Singh Dhillon found the money after dropping off a group of people at Crown Casino in Melbourne last month.
Lord Mayor Robert Doyle presented Lakhwinder with a certificate of commendation, the Herald Sun reported today. Lakhwinder said the seven men and two women, whom he had picked up from Chinatown in his maxi cab, seemed very drunk.
“When I saw all the money, I thought it is something amazing, what should I do,” he said. After finding the cash, he drove to a police station but he soon received a call from the owners to return the money at the casino where he dropped them. “They gave me 500 Australian dollars as reward. One of them said: ‘You are very honest, you are a very good man, you have helped us a lot’,” he said.
“He is truly an inspirational Melbournian. It was the act of an honest man of integrity,” Mayor Doyle said.
