True Bollywood Style Chase in London
Aug 03, 2021
Not often a stranger comes looking for you when you lose something valuable like a wallet. But for one Rahul in London, things went all Bollywood style when he lost his wallet with all his credit cards. Ghazi Taimoor, a Good Samaritan from Lahore who lives in the city, came across the wallet, his discovery went to a heartwarming hunt to trace its owner, and this filmy story is winning the internet.
Taimoor, from London’s Shoreditch neighbourhood, found the brown wallet on the street. He shared a picture on Twitter, announcing his hunt for its owner and promising to keep the netizens informed.
“Name on the bank card suggests the wallet belongs to a Rahul R******. Time to HUNT RAHUL DOWN.”
He started his hunt by trying to find Rahul on various social media platforms, but it was a dead end. He then thought of using the professional networking platform, LinkedIn, to try out his luck and came across three profiles.
Guys! Just found this wallet on Shoreditch High street.
— Ghazi Taimoor (@ghazi_taimoor) July 29, 2021
Name on the bank card suggests the wallet belongs to a Rahul R******. Time to HUNT RAHUL DOWN.
Will update y’all pic.twitter.com/Z7u2aUpZHK
He then tried to look for Rahul’s office address. Was he successful? Well, he wrote: “Found the address on their Annual accounts filed on Companies House. I’m one step closer to Rahul. Head office in Shoreditch.”
Found the address on their Annual accounts filed on Companies House. I’m one step closer to Rahul. Head office in Shoreditch. pic.twitter.com/CloWqQIuHa
— Ghazi Taimoor (@ghazi_taimoor) July 29, 2021
This is where things got very interesting. In his Twitter posts now, a delighted Taimoor was now using Bollywood references, starting with, you guessed it, the industry’s most popular Rahul: Shah Rukh Khan.
Finally after all the efforts, the hunt ended with Rahul in tears upon meeting the good Samaritan. “We found Rahul. Finance Manager. He’s in shock. Tears in his eyes,” he tweeted, sharing an image of the brown wallet’s owner.
‘Anjali-style’ running to his head office now. He better not have cancelled his bank cards else this was for nothing. Rahul I’m coming!
— Ghazi Taimoor (@ghazi_taimoor) July 29, 2021
Guys! We found Rahul. Finance Manager. He’s in shock. Tears in his eyes. We got you Rahul! pic.twitter.com/VQ7qvUMGMB
— Ghazi Taimoor (@ghazi_taimoor) July 29, 2021
Twitter people were hooked to this story, and a lot of people ended up thanking Taimoor for going out of his way to return the wallet to Rahul.
Hahhahahahha how lovely
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) July 30, 2021
Returning it to HSBC would have been like Hollywood, but we desis are Bollywood fans.???? Good job. https://t.co/4x2oySS22O
— SUNIL J RAO (@shilpasunil_rao) July 30, 2021
Such a happy thread https://t.co/EJBsDo1XKc
— Rai M. Azlan (@Mussanaf) July 30, 2021
This is absolutely stunning! What a story! Ghazi Taimoor has shown the real face of Pakistan to India. Just a few Ghazis on both sides of border can start a journey that may perhaps one day bring semblance of peace and love to subcontinent, May be???? https://t.co/Ae2cBpVhde
— Kamran Khan (@AajKamranKhan) July 30, 2021
You are unbelievably amazing guy ???????? https://t.co/48gU6a2LQw
— Abhay (@Resistance_ohm) July 30, 2021
Salute. Wonderful and socially responsible effort. Made my day ????????????????. Lots of prayers for you Taimoor..
— RafAli1214 (@RafAli1214) July 30, 2021
the THREAD was really beautiful! ????
— Krishna Bajaj KB ?? (@krishnabajajkb) July 30, 2021
Just saying you could have used his card and he might have contacted you back ???????? https://t.co/T3UsVkYwyd
Would you ever do this?