’I didn’t do anything out of the ordinary’

Mall guard returns Rs 60,000 to designer, gets job offer

'I didn't do anything out of the ordinary'

Mall guard returns Rs 60,000 to designer, gets job offer

They say honesty pays. For a security guard posted at DT Mall in Gurgaon, his act of honesty paid rather instantly. The incident occurred last Fridayu00a0 whenu00a0 designer Saurabh Sharma, after coming out of DT Mall, sat in his Gypsy right outside the complex.u00a0

Good samaritan: Security guard Ram Ashish outside DT Mall in
Gurgaon. Pic/mid day

"While sitting in my vehicle, I somehow dropped Rs 60,000u00a0 that I was carrying in the denomination ofu00a0 Rs 1,000. As I moved away from the complex, the security guard Ram Ashish appeared to have noticed that I had dropped something. Later, I saw him following my vehicle. I stopped and found that he wanted to return the cash which I had dropped there," said Sharma.

"It took me some time to reach the spot where the designer had dropped something. After I reached there, I found he had dropped cash. I wantedu00a0 to tell him so but by then his vehicle had gone a little far. I ran after the vehicle for several minutes and after managing to catch it, I returned the money," said Ashish, who is in his 30's, over the phone.

"I don't think I did something extraordinary. It was my duty. Everybody should be like that. Paise main kya rakha hai.u00a0 I didn't think even for a minute that I should keep it," he added. Sharma, who runs a store Studs and Stones, has now decided to employ Ram Ashish in his Italian furniture outlet inside the DT Mall.
"I will soon launch an Italian furniture outlet inside the mall and would like to employ Ram Ashish there. I have taken his details and contacted his security agency, Leo Securities, telling them that I want to engage him," said Sharma.The security firm with whom Ram Ashish is currently employed has also decided to award him for his honest act.