India, March 26 -- A Bengaluru man, who lost his phone in a cab near Hebbal, was reunited with it after an act of kindness by the driver.

Sharing his experience on Reddit, he recounted how his phone had slipped out of his pocket during an offline cab ride late at night, leaving him with no way to track the vehicle.

The incident took place around 11 pm when he was struggling to find an auto or app-based cab. With his phone's battery running low, he spotted a parked cab and asked the driver if he could drop him off. The driver agreed and even refused to accept payment for the short ride.

However, after reaching his destination, the man realized that his phone was missing. "I panicked and searched my backpack, hoping I'd put it there, but...