Viral: Bengaluru Man Recovers Lost Backpack From Airport Shuttle, Praises The Tech City

Forgetting belongings while travelling can be a real hassle. While there are often systems/processes in place to try to recover them, success is not guaranteed every time. However, when one manages to get the lost items back, it is a great relief. A traveller in Bengaluru recently experienced the same, and his post about the incident has gone viral on social media. X user Jaskaran Singh explained that he travelled to Bengaluru airport on a shuttle. Before he could check in his luggage, he realised that he had left his backpack behind on the bus.

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His problem was resolved through a simple technological solution. Since he had paid for his shuttle ticket through UPI, there was a documented digital transaction that was used to trace the number of the bus he was on earlier. By doing so, he managed to recover his forgotten bag. The X user wrote, "Love how this tech city solves everything." He also thanked the staff member who assisted him and posed with him for a photo. Take a look below:

forgot my backpack on a kia shuttle bus to bangalore airport and realized just before check-in. staff traced the bus number using my upi transaction and got my bag back. love how this tech city solves everything. huge thanks to mr. ravi for the help. #techcity #bangalore pic.twitter.com/lUR68JrdAE

— Jaskaran Singh (@dexter_2397) October 20, 2025

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In the comments, people had a lot to say about the viral post. Many reacted positively and praised the staff for helping the traveller promptly and efficiently. Several users felt that the incident highlighted a good side of life in Bengaluru. Some noted that positive stories like this are needed to balance the narrative impacted by frequent negative stories about Bengaluru traffic and other problems. Some shared their own experiences with forgetting belongings while travelling. Read selected reactions below:

these are the people who make blr a better place.

— Amit (@amiepsa) October 20, 2025

That's such a relief! Kudos to the staff and the power of tech, only in Bangalore! 🙌

— Dr Akkshye Tulsyan (@AkkshyeTulsyan) October 21, 2025

Awesome! And that too quick! 😂

— Munira K (@MuniraK457782) October 22, 2025

This is the beauty of Bangalore

— Jennifer (@jennifer_bt2) October 21, 2025

In the world of cribbers about BLR every single day about traffic and other things, it's so nice to see someone praising the city for it's goodness. 👏👏#NammaBengaluru

— Deepak K (@deepak289089) October 21, 2025

I once left my second mobile phone at the lounge. I realised as I got into the plane. I told the airhostess who in turn conveyed it to the ground staff. Even before take off I was told that it's been handed over to lost and found and I could pick it on return. #nammaairport

— cricbug (@cric_bug) October 21, 2025

Kudos to the designer of the tech system.. the staff had the bus wise live money transaction handy.. and the staff was also smart to use this feature and trace the bag .. #NammaSmartness 🤟

— Bav Paji (@lohiyaaaaaaa) October 22, 2025

The viral post has clocked over 135K views on X so far.