Overview

• Madan Gowri said he misplaced his phone at Dubai International Airport about a week earlier and was advised to email the details.
• He later received confirmation that the device had been found, and Dubai Police coordinated with Emirates to send it to Chennai at no cost on the next available flight.
• Gowri posted his gratitude video on September 2, and it drew roughly 2.6 million views and more than 200,000 likes within days.
• Social media responses praised the authorities’ efficiency and safety standards, with one commenter calling the UAE the “Safest country in the world.”
• Reports from Hindustan Times, Mint, and India Today rely on Gowri’s account and frame the episode as a positive example of Dubai’s handling of lost property.