The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has sought a factual report from the Delhi Police in connection with an Israeli national identified as Yaron Shapira, who was conned by unknown people who served him sedatives laced drink and then took away all his belongings.
The Delhi Police has been asked to narrate the sequence of events that led to Shapira’s disappearance from Connaught Place on October 26 and how he reached South West Delhi.
According to sources, on October 28, a call was made on the police control room (PCR) that a foreign national was found in an unconscious state on the roadside near a CNG pump station in Dwarka Sector-23.
local police officials rushed to the spot, said sources.
“He was immediately shifted to the nearby Artemis hospital in Dwarka where he regained his consciousness after sometime. It was revealed that Shapira had visited Red Fort area a day before the incident took place,” said officials.
“I met two unknown people near Red Fort. I agreed to accompany them. They were talking to me nicely and very soon they befriended me. Subsequently, they asked me to accompany them to Connaught Place and on reaching there they offered me tea and cookies after which I felt drowsy and did not remember anything after that. I do not know what really happened with me after that. They had also taken away all my belongings,” Shapira told police in his statement.
A police official said Shapira was robbed of his belongings which included sun glasses, papers, flight ticket, train tickets, international cards, cloths, three thousand rupees, passport and two mobile phones.
Statement of Shapira was recorded and on the basis of that a case under sections 328(causing hurt by means of poison etc with an intent to commit offence), 379(Punishment for theft) and 34(Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code at the Dwarka sector-23 police station.
The FIR has been lodged against unknown people.
“On his medical examination it was found that he had some fractures, multiple abrasions, swelling in his left ankle, tenderness, deformity and also abrasions in right hand and left eyebrow was found swollen,” said the police official.
Special police teams have been formed to nab the culprits as soon as possible. CCTV footage from all the places where Shapira accompanied the culprits was obtained and the two culprits were identified, said the official.
“Information regarding the incident was shared with the Israel Embassy in Delhi. The victim is undergoing treatment at Bl Kapoor hospital in Central Delhi’s Rajender place. During investigation, the victim’s passport was recovered near Jhatkara village in south-west Delhi’s Chhawla village and was handed over to him,” the official further added.
The crime record has been checked to identify elements who were involved in incidents of this nature, the official added.
We are preparing an incident based report and the same will be sent to the MEA, the official added.