Japanese tourist drugged, robbed by 'tour guide' in Varanasi

A Japanese tourist was allegedly drugged and robbed in Varanasi on Thursday by a man posing as a tour guide. The tourist was robbed of his bag in which he had kept his visa, passport, 50,000 Japanese yen, around ₹20,000, and an ATM card. The man impersonating the tourist guide had met him at a Buddhist site in Sarnath.