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Two women drugged, robbed by domestic help

Staff Reporter

Two laptops, credit cards, valuables found missing

Both discovered lying unconscious in their room

Both cousins said to be out of danger

NEW DELHI: Two young women executives were allegedly drugged and robbed of their belongings by their domestic help at Malviya Nagar here over the weekend. The domestic help has reportedly made off with two laptops, credit cards and other valuables after drugging the women.

The bizarre incident came to light several hours later when their neighbours in the posh Sarvodaya Enclave discovered them lying unconscious in their room on Saturday evening and took them to a hospital.

Both cousins -- Sharan Suri (24) and Saloni Mahajan (24) -- are under treatment at Max Hospital and said to be out of danger. Sharan works with the British Council while Saloni works as a sales executive in a media organisation. Both hail from Chandigarh.

When Sharan returned from the gymnasium on Friday night, 20-year-old Lucy served them “dal-chawal” and some vegetables allegedly laced with sedatives and made off with their belongings after the two were rendered unconscious.

“The girls never suspected that Lucy would do this to them. She had been working with them for the past two years and was trusted by them,” said Nimma Suri, mother of Sharan Suri, who reached here over the weekend.

“I made many calls to both of them but there was no response. I also enquired from their colleagues and friends, but I could not get any information. Then I asked their neighbours to check out and they found them lying unconscious,” added Ms. Suri.

The neighbours took both the cousins to Max Hospital where doctors said the two were administered a heavy dose of sedatives.

On gaining consciousness, Sharan said: “I have no idea how it all happened. We kept lying unconscious for around 24 hours. We never expected such a thing from Lucy. She was not that kind of a girl. She, of course, used to talk for long hours to someone on the phone.”

Both the women have completed their management courses from the Birla Institute of Management and Technology in Noida and have been staying at their present address for the past two years. Lucy, a resident of Orissa, had been employed two years ago for cooking and house-hold jobs. She had been employed through a placement agency.

The police have registered a case and suspect the hand of another accomplice who might have helped Lucy in the robbery. “Their laptops, two mobile phones, six credit cards and some other valuables are missing. Some purchasing has been done through the credit cards as well,” said a police officer.

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