Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has recovered the lost passport and cash of Tk3 lakh belonging to a Bangladeshi-born British couple from the city.

Couple Mohammad Wasiur Rahman, 84, and his wife Tafika Chowdhury, 76, accidentally left their handbag containing the items in a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Tuesday morning.

Police said the duo traveled to a bank in the Love Lane area in an auto-rickshaw and accidentally left the handbag in the auto-rickshaw when they got down.