Pune man requests thief to return his stolen scooter, which was his mother’s last memento

Abhay Chaugule made an emotional appeal on social media after his scooter was stolen, as that was his late mother’s last memento.

A man from Pune, Abhay Chaugule, recently made an emotional appeal on social media to the thief who stole his late mother’s last memento, a scooter. He even offered to buy the thief a new two-wheeler if they returned it. He shared on Instagram that his black Activa was stolen on Dussehra from the Kothrud area near a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

Appeal to the thief by a Pune man to return his black Activa.

Abhay Chaugule shared an emotional appeal on Instagram requesting the thief to return his black Activa, which was stolen on Dussehra from the Kothrud area near a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He appealed that the scooter was the last memento of his late mother, whom he lost three months ago to prolonged cancer. He even lost his father two years ago to Covid-19. Despite searching the vicinity thoroughly and filing a police complaint, the scooter remains unrecovered. He said that the scooter, purchased by his mother before her passing, held immense sentimental value for him.

Abhay Chaugule shared his story in Marathi on social media.

He shared his story in Marathi on social media, saying that his black Activa, MH14BZ6036 was stolen on Dussehra and served as his mother’s last memory. He asked for help finding the scooter, included his phone number and Instagram ID, and captioned the post, “Plz help me find My BLACK ACTIVA MH14BZ6036. It was stolen from Kothrud on Dussehra Night. Plz, contact me on 9766617464 or DM on this id @abhayanjuu.” He even used the hashtags, ‘activa’ and ‘blackactivamissing.”

In the second part of his post, Chaugule directly addressed the thief and appealed for the return of his scooter. He said that his mother purchased the Activa after much hard work and emphasized that it holds great sentimental value as her last memory. He urged the thief to return his scooter and offered to buy them a new two-wheeler as an incentive for returning his mother’s vehicle.