A 35-year-old man drugged and looted by some fellow passenger on his way to Jamshedpur from Ranchi. The victim was found unconscious as he got down from a bus near Big Bazaar on the NH-33 under Mango police station area this morning.
The police suspect the man who is still unconscious to have been drugged and looted by some fellow passenger on his way to Jamshedpur from Ranchi.
According to police, the man said that he was robbed of his belongings, including cash and fell unconscious with the next few minutes near the Big Bazaar. later a police party from Mango police station rescued him and rushed him to MGM Medical College Hospital emergency where he is undergoing treatment.
Officer-in-charge, Mango police station Rameswar Oraon said the incident seems to be that of drugging and said that they have got the victim admitted at the medical college hospital and would be able to say something about the matter after he returns to his consciousness.
"We are investigating the incident. This appears to be a case of drugging and looting in the bus. We are waiting for the youth to return to his sense and when he would say which bus he was travelling in and from where, only then we will be able to detect the case," Oraon said.
The doctors attending the patient said that though he is still unconscious, but out of danger."We have given the necessary medicine for ensuring his recovery soon. He will return to his sense by the evening," said the doctor.
Notably, this was the second such incident to have taken place with a bus passenger on the same route during the past fortnight.
Earlier, on February 23, a 22-year-old youth, Mohammed Aktar who is an air-conditioner mechanic had fallen victim to a druggist gang. A resident of Patna, Akhtar was travelling to Jamshedpur by a bus. Akhtar later told the police that he was robbed of `12,000 and his smart-phone.
Circle inspector, Chandil police station , Arvind Kumar Singh said that a gang must be active for looting the passenger of buses operating between Jamshedpur and Patna. He said that they will launch a drive to nab the gang involved.