WATCH: Over Rs1 million found from Mumbai beggar's home

Police say Birju Chandra Azad died in accident while trespassing on railway track

Documents for fixed deposits worth Rs877,000 with several banks and at least Rs150,000 in coins were found at the home of a beggar who died in an accident in Mumbai.

According to NDTV, the policemen who walked into the dilapidated one-room home of the beggar, Birju Chandra Azad, could not come out for some time - they had to spend hours counting the bagful of jangling coins.

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The beggar lived alone in the house at a slum in southeast Mumbai's Govandi. He left behind a voter identity card, PAN card and Aadhaar card, the police said.

The room is littered with old newspapers and polythene bags.

"Birju Chandra Azad died in an accident while trespassing on railway track between Govandi and Mankhurd station," a senior police officer said.

After the accident on October 4 that killed Azad, the police traced his house to the slum in Govandi as they went looking for his relatives. That's when they stumbled upon the wealth that the beggar probably saved over a long period of time.