Servant decamps with cash, jewellery after drugging woman

New Delhi, Sep 9 (PTI) An elderly lady and her househelpswere drugged by a newly-hired servant who decamped with cashand jewellery along with his two accomplices in northwestDelhi’s Model Town area, police said today. The incident took place around 4 pm when Pushpa Bhasinwas at home along with her driver and a servant while herfamily members were away, police said. "According to the family, the servant who had told thefamily that his name is Shiva, arrived in the afternoon withtwo of his friends. He had been hired three-four days back bythe family and there was no police verification done for him,"said Vijay Singh, DCP (northwest). Shiva prepared tea for Pushpa and the other two people andthe three fell unconscious after consuming the tea. "Shiva had mixed some sedative in the tea that heprepared. While the three were unconscious, Shiva and his twofriends stole the cash and jewellery kept at home," said theofficer. When the servant and the driver regained consciousness,they took Pushpa to the nearby Pentamed Hospital and by thattime, her daughter who stays nearby also arrived. Theyregistered a complaint against Shiva and his accomplices,police said. The family hasn’t yet given the list of the items thatwere stolen so the police isn’t sure of the loss. Shiva had told the family that he belongs to Bihar, theofficer said, adding that there were no CCTV cameras installedinside the house. A case under relevant sections has been registered andprobe has begun, police said. PTI SLBKUN