A woman passenger was robbed of after being kidnapped and drugged from a train. Victim’s husband lodged a complaint with the GRP here on Saturday.
The police after receiving FIR sent the victim for medical examination to the DHH after registering a case under various Sections of IPC. The victim was identified as Manjulata Sahu (25). According to her husband Deepk Sahu, Manjulata was missing since Friday afternoon from the Bhubaneswar bound train, Duronoto Express from Delhi.
He said he along with his wife and a four-year-old son was coming to Bhubaneswar in the train in S-4 coach. His wife went to washroom when the train was approaching Baleswar station about 12.40 pm on Friday.
However, for a long time when she didn’t return to her berth he made a search in the train in different coaches, but in vain. He again came to Baleswar on Saturday and about 5.30 am, he found Manjulata near the railway station. The victim told that when she was coming from wash room towards her seat, when the train was approaching Baleswar, there was a jam near gate. She waited and afterwards she didn’t know what happened to her.
She further said she found her in an abandoned house on Saturday morning and she came towards the station with a lot of difficulties. Deepak alleged that she was drugged by the miscreants before being robbed of about 30 gm of gold ornaments, including a chain and bangles etc. that she was wearing. “Acting on the compliant, the victim was sent to the hospital for test to ascertain whether drugged. Further investigation is on,” said GRP IO Urmila Behera, adding a case under section of drugging, robbing and kidnapping besides common intention against unknown miscreants was registered.