It all started with Ghazi Taimoor from Lahore chancing upon a wallet in London‘s Shoreditch area. This triggered a search for one Rahul R******. What followed was interesting and fun social media updates as Taimoor embarked upon a quest to find Rahul and return the wallet.

Peppered with dialogues from Shah Rukh Khan 1995 romantic blockbuster ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya le jayenge’, Harvard-educated Taimoor gave almost minute-to-minute  updates on how his search was going. 

Taimoor found the brown wallet on the street. He shared a picture on Twitter, announcing his hunt for its owner and promising to keep his followers informed. “Guys! Just found this wallet on Shoreditch High street. Name on the bank card suggests the wallet belongs to a Rahul R******. Time to HUNT RAHUL DOWN. Will update y’all,” he wrote on July 29.

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Taimoor then started scouring social media for any sign of the Rahul he was looking for. But no luck. “No Rahul R****** on Facebook or Instagram. Very private individual with no social media. Common Rahul, could do better than that,” he wrote for his 4, 440 followers.

He finally found some leads on LinkedIn. “Tried LinkedIn now! Of the 3 Rahul R****** – one works in London. Can’t seem to send a message they’ve locked their profile. Creepily sent them a follow request that they may never accept? Kya na Rahul.”

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Taimoor then concluded, after some research, that Rahul worked for a UK Food and Beverage company. But, his next hurdle was to get the address. He tried Google Maps but no luck. “Strange company – doesn’t have their address on google nor on their website. Would have called customer services, no number there either! :/ I’m going on the Companies House website,” his update read. After a few setbacks, he met with success. “Found the address on their Annual accounts filed on Companies House. I’m one step closer to Rahul. Head office in Shoreditch.”

As Taimoor started the last mile journey, his posts got a Bollywood touch complete with Rahul and Anjali (SRK, Kajol  of DDLJ). “‘Anjali-style’ running to his head office now,” the man posted. “Thought as I’m walking towards Rahul: Does he know the universe has conspired us to meet? Will he accept this gesture of friendship?” The ‘conspired’ bit probably came from another SRK-starrer ‘Dil toh pagal hai’.

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Keeping his followers on tenterhooks, Taimoor then decided to take a coffee break as  people waited for his update. “Rahul main aa gayaaaaa. Buzzed on the main door. Babu ji let me in,” he wrote, sharing a picture of the office building before heading inside to find Rahul,” he finally wrote.

Taimoor’s effort finally paid off. “We found Rahul. Finance Manager. He’s in shock. Tears in his eyes,” he tweeted, sharing an image of the brown wallet’s owner.