Some 30 B.Com. Semester IV students from ASC Degree College, Rajajinagar in Bengaluru can now breath a sigh of relief, thanks to an alert auto rickshaw driver. The students' futures would have been affected after their answer scripts went 'missing' on Monday. Having no clue where the papers disappeared, the college authorities had filed a police complaint.

But to their surprise an auto rickshaw driver turned up at the college office on Tuesday with the missing answer scripts. Umashankar, an auto driver in the city, found two sealed covers left behind on his vehicle on Tuesday morning while cleaning it.

"I realized these were answer scripts. Two men had flagged my vehicle outside ASC Degree College, Rajajinagar, on Monday afternoon, saying they wanted to go to Central College. I remembered them mentioning the bundles contained B.com answer scripts," said Uma Shankar.

“Over the past 12 years, I have returned many things, including mobile phones, but this time I knew it was very important,” he added.

He took the covers to the college authorities who handed it over to the police as a missing complaint was already lodged. The papers will be soon be transferred to the Bangalore University once the formalities are completed.

College authorities said the papers went missing when they were being transferred from the college to Central College, Bangalore University by two non-teaching staff.