PRAYAGRAJ, March 21 -- While travelling from Varanasi airport to Amethi, a passenger was poisoned and looted by a cab driver and his accomplice in Pratapgarh district on Wednesday.

The passenger from Kerala was given cold drink and snacks laced with intoxicants by the cab driver and his accomplice. A case has been registered at Pratapgarh Kotwali and three police teams have been formed to search for the culprits.

As per reports, Dr G Kiran Jesua, a resident of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, had booked a cab from Varanasi airport to Amethi at 3.30pm on Wednesday.

While passing through Nagar Kotwali area in Pratapgarh, the cab driver gave him edibles laced with intoxicants after which he felt sick and asked the driver to stop the car after ...