The incident came to light when they missed getting down at their respective stations and woke up when the train reached the state capital Thiruvananthapuram.
Three women passengers were allegedly robbed of their valuables by intoxicating them while traveling on the New Delhi-Thiruvananthapuram Nizamuddin Express on Sunday, police said.
The incident came to light when they missed getting down at their respective stations and woke up when the train reached the state capital Thiruvananthapuram.
A top Railway Police official told PTI that Vijayalakshmi (47) and her daughter Anjali (20), who were on board the train from Agra, were suspected of drugging between Salem and Coimbatore.
“Another person, also named Vijayalakshmi and traveling in another compartment, was also found intoxicated,” the RPF said. The women have been admitted to a general hospital here and are undergoing treatment.
“The passengers told us that they bought and ate food from Salem railway station. After that they do not remember anything. Mother and daughter lost two mobile phones and 11 sovereigns of gold. The third woman lost her mobile phone. All three of them are undergoing treatment,” the RPF said.
Railway police said they have identified a suspect named Akshar Badhshar (49), a Gujarat history-sheeter, on the basis of a photograph shown to the victims.
“The women have identified the suspect and we have already circulated his photograph in railway stations and police stations,” the RPF said. Cases are registered against Badhashar at Madurai and Tirunelveli railway stations.
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