KOZHIKODE: A woman threw gold of 12 sovereigns from a running bus thinking it as vada. When she recognized her mistake, she asked the bus to stop and conducted a search. Passengers, auto drivers and police too helped her in the search. After a search for 45 minutes, one of the auto drivers found the gold. The gold was that of a maid and a native of Sulthan Bathery.
The woman identified as Kaulath kept the gold in a cover and wrapped it with a paper. Meanwhile, she threw away the gold, thinking it was her half-eaten vada. She recognized her mistake when the bus went a little further.