Udupi, October 13: A member of Railway Yatri Sangha who was travelling along with his sister, was looted of cash and valuable worth lakhs by strangers after offering him the intoxicating butter milk, in the train on Friday.
Railway Yatri Sangha treasurer Ramachandra Acharya (60) of Kinnimulki in Udupi and his elder sister and wife of Krishna Bhat of Bylur in Karkala, Radhamma (75) have consumed the intoxicating butter milk offered by the stranger in the train and became unconscious. After this, they were admitted to a private hospital in Udupi and got released on Saturday.
After making them unconscious, the strangers looted total Rs 30,000 cash, mobile phone, coins and new cloths worth Rs 2000, from Ramachandra and ear ring, two rings, one gold chain and Rs 15,000 from Radhamma, it is said.
About incident
For religious rituals of his brother-in-law, Ramachandra Acharya, along with his sisters Radhamma, Seema Rao and Tulasi Upadhya have been to the Pejawar Mutt at Nasik in Maharashtra by train on October 7 from Udupi. After completing the programme, they boarded the Mangala-Nizamuddin Express train from Nasik to Udupi on October 11 at 6 am. Among them, Radhamma and Ramachandra were travelling in S-3 coach, while others in S-2 coach. Two strangers, aged between 50-60 years of age, introduced themselves to Radhamma and Ramachandra Acharya. Conversing in Hindi, the strangers introduced themselves as cloth merchants from Delhi and were going to Kerala for business and became close to them.
In the evening, the train stops at Chiplun railway station in Maharashtra. At that time, Radhamma went to toilet and Ramachandra Acharya went outside the train. At this time, both the strangers brought butter milk sachets and offered them to Radhamma and Ramachandra. Yielding to their force, they drank it and fell asleep.
Ramchandra woke up when the train reached Kundapura at around 1.30 am on Friday and noticed that the amount kept in his purse and pocket was looted. He went to another coach and informed his sisters. But Radhamma who consumed the entire butter milk fell unconscious. They informed the railway police by the time they reached Indrali railway station and both of them were admitted to a private hospital in Udupi.
‘After consuming intoxicating butter milk, we both became unconscious. They have looted the cash, mobile and gold ornaments. Since my sister slept on one side, they took one ear ring and left another. Fortunately, gold ornaments kept inside the bag in which old cloths were kept are safe as they did not notice them’, said Ramachandra Acharya.
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