{
  "type": "article",
  "title": "Real-Life 'Bunty and Babli' Duo Held in Varanasi for Drugging and Robbing Train Passengers",
  "summary": "Varanasi's Cantt GRP arrested Ram Dayal Mishra and his girlfriend Jyoti Yadav for winning passengers' trust on trains, drugging them and stealing their jewellery, mobile phones and cash.",
  "content": "The plot of the blockbuster Bollywood film Bunty Aur Babli, in which Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukerji played a conning couple who team up after falling in love, has played out for real on Varanasi's railway platforms. The Cantt GRP has arrested a similar duo accused of targeting train passengers and stealing their jewellery, mobile phones and cash.\n\nMeet the real life 'Bunty and Babli'\nPolice interrogation revealed that the mastermind behind the racket is Ram Dayal Mishra, with his girlfriend Jyoti Yadav playing an equally crucial role. Jyoti used her gender to her advantage, specifically targeting young men travelling alone and elderly women on trains and platforms, since such passengers tend to arouse less suspicion and are quicker to trust a stranger.\n\nWinning trust before drugging victims\nJyoti would strike up conversation with passengers in a calculated manner, gradually building familiarity until the victim felt comfortable enough to share food or drink with her. Once that trust was secured, she would lace those items with a sedative, a method commonly known as jaharkhurani. As soon as the passenger lost consciousness, the couple would grab their bag, jewellery and mobile phone and vanish from the station.\n\nAn elderly woman's ordeal on June 13\nSuch drugging incidents at Varanasi's Cantt and nearby railway stations had been a persistent headache for police, yet the gang kept evading capture. On June 13, an elderly woman fell victim to the same jaharkhurani trick at Banaras railway station, adding pressure on investigators to crack the case.\n\nCCTV footage cracks the case\nCantt GRP inspector in charge Rajol Nagar said that when police scanned CCTV footage from the station, a young man and a young woman were seen behaving suspiciously near the elderly victim. Using that footage, police launched a search and eventually identified the man as Ram Dayal Mishra, a resident of Varanasi. Investigators found that Ram Dayal had previously served jail time in similar jaharkhurani cases, but this time he was no longer working alone, he had teamed up with his girlfriend Jyoti Yadav to carry out the crimes.\n\nValuables worth lakhs recovered\nAfter a sustained effort, police finally arrested both accused. Following the arrest, officers recovered valuables worth lakhs of rupees, including jewellery, mobile phones and cash, that had been stolen from passengers. The arrest of this real life 'Bunty and Babli' duo, who ran their operation with almost cinematic precision, is now the talk of the town from Banaras station to Cantt.\n\nWhat this means for you\nThis case is a direct warning for anyone travelling by train.\n\n• Across India: Passengers should be cautious about accepting food or drink from strangers on trains, since drugging gangs specifically target lone travellers across the country.\n• In Varanasi: People travelling alone through Cantt or Banaras railway station, especially young men and elderly women, are being advised to stay alert around unfamiliar co-passengers.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. Who are Ram Dayal Mishra and Jyoti Yadav?\nThey are a couple arrested by Varanasi's Cantt GRP for allegedly drugging and robbing train passengers.\n\n2. How did the duo carry out their crimes?\nJyoti would strike up conversation with passengers to win their trust, then lace their food or drink with a sedative before the pair stole their belongings while they were unconscious.\n\n3. How did police get a lead on the couple?\nCCTV footage from an incident involving an elderly woman at Banaras railway station on June 13 showed the pair behaving suspiciously, which led police to launch a search.\n\n4. Does Ram Dayal Mishra have a prior criminal record?\nYes, he had previously served jail time in similar drugging related cases.\n\n5. What did police recover after the arrest?\nPolice recovered jewellery, mobile phones and cash worth lakhs of rupees that had been stolen from passengers.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-men-jaharakhurana-premi-jori-giraphtara-yatriyon-ko-bharose-men-lekara-lutate-the-trena-men-4997",
  "category": "Uttar Pradesh",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-05",
  "tags": [
    "Varanasi GRP",
    "jaharkhurani gang",
    "Bunty Babli arrest",
    "train robbery",
    "railway station crime",
    "Ram Dayal Mishra"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}