20160114 India Beggar’s cash in 3 gunny bags turns to ash in fire
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Beggar’s cash in 3 gunny bags turns to ash in fire
Updated: 2016-01-14-01:25
A 70-year-old beggar from Ambivli was heartbroken when his “earnings”—three gunny bags filled with notes and coins in the denominations ranging from Rs 10 to Rs 50—turned to ash after his hut in Lahuji Nagar slums caught fire early on Wednesday.
The police said that it is difficult to estimate the monetary loss as the beggar, Mohammed Rehman, had not counted the money that he had kept hidden from his wife, Fatima (75), in the gunny bags.
Around 3am, Fatima was alone at home when a candle fell on the floor and the hut caught fire. Rehman was in Kasara at the time of the incident.
Fatima managed to run out of the hut, but as she didn’t know about the bags of cash, she didn’t attempt to save them. Neighbours alerted the fire brigade, who doused the flames. A fireman said two gunny bags were completely burnt, but they managed to salvage half of the bank notes in the third bag.
Rehman used to work as a carpenter, but due to old age was forced to beg on the streets after his sons refused to take care of him and Fatima.
“As the beggar did not have a bank account, he used to keep the money in gunny bags,” said senior inspector Gulabrao Gorhe of the Khadakpada police station.
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