Title - One held for duping rail passengers

Shimla:
The Railway and Traffic Police today arrested Vinay Kumar, a resident of Ludhiana, who had allegedly drugged many passengers travelling on the Shimla-Kalka route and took away their belongings.Param Dev Thakur, SHO of the Railway and Traffic Police, Shimla-Kalka section, said Vinay was arrested from Kalka today. “His modus operandi was to befriend the passengers and offer them juice laced with drugs, make them unconscious and steal their money and belongings,” he said.Thakur said an elderly British couple had become victim of Vinay last month. He offered them juice at Barog and they immediately fell unconscious. Another victim was Ishwar Dutt Setia, a resident of Delhi, who owns a flat in Solan. “The accused drugged him and took his credit card, which he used at two shops in Shimla to purchase gold ornaments worth Rs 1.75 lakh,” he said.He said he tried to gather information about the appearance of the accused from the various victims and flashed it everywhere. It was then that the police was able to nab Vinay. The accused is a resident of Ludhiana, but has been residing at Sector 45 in Chandigarh.