An 83-year-old man and his care taker nurse were duped to the tune of Rs 2.5 lakh by offering eatables laced with intoxicant at a hotel under Hanumanganj police station area; police have registered a case on Monday and started investigation.
The victim Rani and retired Colonel Harnesh Singh were offered tea and sandwich laced with sedatives and accused escaped with valuables.
Investigating Officer SI Dinesh Singh said that Singh lives in Goa and Rani is his caretaker nurse. Few days ago after spotting an advertisement of job of caretaker In Germany for an old lady, the two contacted the advertiser Jacob, as Singh wanted to visit Germany.
Later, when they contacted Jacob, he asked them to visit Bhopal as he was scheduled to visit around 7-8 days ago after which the two came to Bhopal on February 10 and the accused went to receive them at Raja Bhoj airport and later accompanied them to Siya Palace hotel. Jacob offered tea and sandwich laced with intoxicants and after consuming it the victims went unconscious and the accused escaped with the valuables.
The victims remained unconscious late in the evening on Sunday and when the family members of the victims failed to get response they reached state capital and along with the hotel staff they checked the room only to found the two in unconscious state and rushed them to Chirayu hospital where they were provided treatment and later crime was revealed by them, he added.
The police have registered a case under sections 328 and 379 of the IPC and started search for the accused.
The police have registered a case of fraud against the accused who has been captured in the footage of the CCTV cameras installed but he was wearing cap during the visits he made to the hotel which has made the task of establishing the identity a difficult one.