Teacher's 'finders keepers' lesson: Pawns student's gold found in school

Colombo - A teacher who found a gold pendant of a student at school, admitted to pawning the pendant to a bank for Rs10,500.

The incident took place in Kebethigollawa, Anuradhapura district.

According to media reports, a grade six student  had come to school with her gold pendant, after wearing it to a function the previous day.

When she was in class, the gold chain fell and one of the teacher’s daughters, also studying in the school saw a fellow student pick up the pendant.

The teacher’s daughter claimed the pendant as her’s and then gave it to her teacher mother.

The teacher then allegedly rushed to the bank and pawned.

When the student complained that she lost her gold pendant, the news spread in the school and the student who first picked was revealed.

The police came in and pieced the story together leading to the teacher, who admitted to the act and reportedly, returned the pendant to the girl.

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