Man drugged, robbed of Rs 7 lakh in Gangtok, found in Cuttack Railway Station

A man from Sikkims Gyalshing district was allegedly drugged and robbed of Rs 7 lakh cash he was carrying in a handbag while travelling in a taxi for Tadaong, police said here on Thursday.Soon after boarding the taxi at Gangtok for Tadong on April 15, the man became unconscious. He regained his consciousness on April 17 at Cuttack Railway Station in Odisha, where he sought assistance from the Government Railway Police GRP.

A man from Sikkim's Gyalshing district was allegedly drugged and robbed of Rs 7 lakh cash he was carrying in a handbag while travelling in a taxi for Tadaong, police said here on Thursday.

Soon after boarding the taxi at Gangtok for Tadong on April 15, the man became unconscious. He regained his consciousness on April 17 at Cuttack Railway Station in Odisha, where he sought assistance from the Government Railway Police (GRP). He was provided medical treatment at a government hospital in Cuttack, the police said.

The Cuttack GRP registered a zero FIR and transferred the case to the Sadar Police station, Gangtok, on jurisdictional grounds, they said.

Investigation into the matter is underway, the police said, adding that an FIR has been lodged at Sadar police station, Gangtok, on May 20.