Chennai: An auto driver found that a woman who boarded his vehicle at Madhavaram on Sunday was mentally challenged and handed her over to police.
The auto driver found something was amiss when she found her giving wrong addresses as drop locations.
Police said Sudhakar, the driver, was waiting for passengers when a woman approached and asked him to drop her at a relative’s place in Madhavaram. When he reached the address mentioned by her, he found it was incorrect. The driver found her to be giving out contradictory replies and suspected she was mentally challenged.
He managed to convince a woman in his locality to let this woman stay there overnight.
Later in the morning, Sudhakar took her to Madhavaram police station. With the details the woman gave, police traced her relatives to Madhavaram.
She was later reunited with her family.
The auto driver found something was amiss when she found her giving wrong addresses as drop locations.
Police said Sudhakar, the driver, was waiting for passengers when a woman approached and asked him to drop her at a relative’s place in Madhavaram. When he reached the address mentioned by her, he found it was incorrect. The driver found her to be giving out contradictory replies and suspected she was mentally challenged.
He managed to convince a woman in his locality to let this woman stay there overnight.
Later in the morning, Sudhakar took her to Madhavaram police station. With the details the woman gave, police traced her relatives to Madhavaram.
She was later reunited with her family.