What is the difference between loan and theft? A person set a unique example by returning the ₹37 he had stolen 54 years ago along with interest. Know how big an amount he returned?
Chennai: Debt and theft, both these words have different meanings. Deliberately not returning a loan is also a kind of theft. Some people take loans and forget to return. People are also seen returning the loan after remembering it after many days. Here a person returned the 37 rupees stolen 54 years ago along with the interest. Do you know how much money did that person return in exchange of 37 rupees after 54 years? The person was overjoyed to receive a huge amount in exchange of 37 rupees lost 54 years ago.
A man named Ranjit stole 37 rupees in 1970. But this theft kept creating guilt in Ranjit's mind. Now after 54 years, he has returned the stolen 37 rupees. According to the BBC report, the financial condition of the young Ranjit's family was not good. Ranjit used to earn his living by working as a labourer in a plantation in Sri Lanka's Nuwara area.
One day the plantation owner called Ranjit for household work. The owner was shifting to a new house, so Ranjit went to carry the goods. While shifting the goods, Ranjit found 37 rupees. 37 rupees was a big amount according to that time. Ranjit, who was struggling with poverty, kept the money in his pocket instead of returning it.
After a few days, the plantation owner Masroof Sagui remembered that he had kept the money under the bed. He immediately called Ranjit and inquired about the money. But Ranjit did not answer and said that the money was not found. Ranjit's parents also worked in the same tea garden. Due to the large family, none of the children could get education.
At the age of 17, Ranjit decided to come to Tamil Nadu and make his own life. After 1977, Ranjit's financial condition started improving. Initially, he opened a small shop, but suffered losses. Then he started working in a restaurant. Here he learned to cook and later started his own food company. Today more than 125 people work in this food company.
Once while reading the Bible he came across a line which said that a wicked person does not return anyone's money and a righteous person does not keep anyone's debt or loan. Taking this line seriously Ranjit remembered the 37 rupees he had stolen 50 years ago. That very day he decided to return the 37 rupees and started searching for Masroor Sagui.
When he started searching with the help of his friends, he found out that Masroof and his wife had passed away. One of the six children of the Masroof couple had also died. Finally, he contacted one of their sons living in Nuwara Eliya and told him that he was coming to return the loan he had taken from his parents. On August 21 this year, he went to Sri Lanka and met Masroof's son in a restaurant and told him about the incident of 1970 and returned 70 thousand rupees in exchange for 37 rupees.
