Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday honored the sanitation worker who handed over 150 grams of gold found while cleaning the city. An officer gave this information.

Sunil Kumbhar, a Group D sanitation worker of BMC, found 150 grams of gold while cleaning Maharshi Karve Road near Kennedy Bridge on May 12.

He first gave the valuables to his supervisor Mukram Balram Jadhav and then both of them reached DB Marg police station and handed over the gold.

On learning about the incident, BMC chief Bhushan Gagrani honored both the employees and gifted them tickets to a play, the official said.