Nepalis returning from India being drugged, robbed by Indians: Bhairahawa: Incidents of looting by drugging Nepali citizens returning home from their work in India have been increasing along the road from Gorakhpur to Sunauli. Eight such Nepalese have so far been looted while returning from various parts of India in the second week of Asar. The looting gang comes near the victims and pretends to be also returning home from India and offer biscuits, tea and other poisoned food after the bus travel begins from Gorakhpur, the victims said. Although the leaders of the gang are Indians, most of the looters are Nepalese. Merely a week after Mahendra Bahadur Samaimagar was looted along the Gorakhpur-Sunauli route while returning from Benares, Rudra Gautam and his son Tara Gautam of Devdaha VDC ward No. 9 Rupandehi were also looted. Rudra Gautam, 43, and Tara Gautam, 17, who were returning from Hyderabad were robbed of Rs. 80,000 after being drugged. The Gautam father and son were returning from Durga Factory and were looted at Sunauli bus park by two Nepali youths Saturday morning. The two youths came near for a chat after boarding the bus. The Gautams also spoke to them. But when they arrived at Sunauli, they were offered biscuits while coming out of the bus. ?Immediately after eating the biscuits, I became senseless and found myself inside a Bhairahawa Hospital Bed?, said Gautam. Nepalese police found them lying unconscious at the border area of Belahiya and admitted them to the Bhairahawa Bhim Hospital for treatment. "My earnings of three years have been lost", he said. "Although I received only Rs. 1800 a month, I had saved some money by spending only Rs. 600 for fooding and some more made from ?Dhikuri? for three years. Last week, Mahendra Bahadur Samaimagar lost Rs. 40,000. In the month of Jesth, ten people were looted and admitted for treatment, Bhim Hospital sources disclosed. Forty four people returning from India have been admitted within a period of 2/3 years. Some who refused drugged food stuffs were forced to sniff poisonous scents the hospital said. The drugs used to knock them out are very powerful, the doctors say. The looters are based in Gorakhpur and seem to be operated by the Indian police by taking commission, a source at the Rupandehi District Police Office said quoting the Indian police. High level efforts with the Indian police have been started to end such crimes. News from The Rising Nepal. source: http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/trn/2002/jul/jul01/