Indian Tourist assaulted and robbed on Pattaya Beach

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Indian Tourist assaulted and robbed on Pattaya Beach



PATTAYA: -- A 50 year old Indian Tourist, who was earlier seen staggering along Pattaya Beach Road, as if he was drunk, was assaulted and then robbed by a gang of youths who are known to target vulnerable foreigners in the area.

In the early hours of Thursday, Police and medics were called to the Pattaya Beach Road promenade only meters away from Pattaya Police Station and met with the injured tourist, Mr. Narander Rajoo, who had sustained a head injury.

Khun Wipada aged 35, witnessed the attack and told Police she was walking behind the victim and saw he was staggering and appeared heavily intoxicated. Moments later a group of 5 young Thai men approached Mr. Rajoo and used pieces of wood to strike him over the head. He fell to the ground and the gang proceeded to steal 50,000 Baht and 2,500 US Dollars from his trouser pockets.

Full story: http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/182428/indian-tourist-assaulted-and-robbed-on-pattaya-beach/


-- Pattaya One 2015-04-09

[Woody1]

Not for one minute do I believe those sums of cash are true!! Insurance fraud coming right up!

[apalink_thailand]

A drunk Indian tourist with 50K in his pocket staggering down beach road? Where were the ladyboys? They must be so upset having not been there for the take down.

[noikrit]

quote :"robbed by a gang of youths who are known to target vulnerable foreigners in the area"

Known ... but not arrested ...? .... ....

[jerojero]

Sorry for the attack. Horrible. But why is he carrying that much cash! Just makes bigger incentive for further attacks!

[meatboy]

A drunk Indian tourist with 50K in his pocket staggering down beach road? Where were the ladyboys? They must be so upset having not been there for the take down.

what about the 80k bht. in us dollars.thats 130,000bht. must have big pockets.

[ezzra]

Is he related to the guy who 'misplaced' a pile of gems on a boat last week?

[Friendly Stranger]

Feel bad for the guy getting hurt but the amounts must be ficticious as that would be at least 75 notes. Having a bulg like that in your pants, ooops....

[soalbundy]

Not for one minute do I believe those sums of cash are true!! Insurance fraud coming right up!

What !! no gold chain, no i phone, he must have really been hurt to forget those.

[bander]

Indians always carry 50.000 THB and 2500 US$ (80.000 THB) when they walking around on beach rd. but this time he forgot to bring his 10 bath gold necklace, do I smell insurance fraud?

[LennyW]

quote :"robbed by a gang of youths who are known to target vulnerable foreigners in the area"

Known ... but not arrested ...? .... ....

Exactly, we see this phrase so many times "who are known " , but known to who????

[webfact]

Indian tourist robbed in Pattaya

Pattaya, Chon Buri:- A 50-year-old tourist was robbed by five Thai hooligans on Pattaya Beach road early Thursday.

The five teenagers were described by local people as hooligans who have extorted money from local residents and foreign tourists on the Pattaya beach.

Pol Lt Siraphudet Chamnarnkit, an officer on duty of Pattaya police station, was alerted of the robbery at 1 am.

Siraphudet was informed that the tourist, who was later identified as Narandr Rajoo, was robbed in front of Soi 7 off the beach road in Tambon Nong Plua of Bang Lamung district.

Police rushed to scene and found Rajoo, who appeared drunk, with head wound and broken nose.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/816013-indian-tourist-robbed-in-pattaya/

[petercool]

I doubt very much that any travel insurance policy covers loss of money and particularly not if that money is just kept in one's pockets.

Thus insurance scam is not likely but an excuse related to some business dealing is.

[mcfish]

If I was going rob someone, an I ndian would not be my first choice...just sayin

[jackanapes]

this sort of thing is a continuing nightmare when you cant walk on a busy thoroughfare without being attacked and robbed by a bunch of mindless thugs if the police did their duty properly and patrolled areas that had a risk factor it would go down well with the public .

[mcfish]

this sort of thing is a continuing nightmare when you cant walk on a busy thoroughfare without being attacked and robbed by a bunch of mindless thugs if the police did their duty properly and patrolled areas that had a risk factor it would go down well with the public .

Probably no different to any other areas in the world that becomes the domain of drug dealers and prostitutes after dark and there are thousands of beaches even in developed countries that I would not stagger drunk around.. Don't rely on anyone but yoursel to stay safe

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come to think of it, considering the seedy scene of mafia/hookers/drugs i would suggest that Pattaya has an outstanding safety record. That indian dude would have had his throat cut in many comparable areas

Edited April 9, 2015 by mcfish

[bendare]

Personally i wouldnt walk around any tourist destination in the world with that amount of cash. IF he did have that much cash?

Edited April 9, 2015 by bendare

[maidee]

thai police cannot send an undercover agent, some wannabe tourist police and catch them once's and for all ?

[ToddinChonburi]

So why was this girl following him ? maybe she was at the bar and was able to see his roll of cash ? called the boy friend and his gang to come get a little pay day. So much of this could be stopped with some good undercover work.

[how241]

Not for one minute do I believe those sums of cash are true!! Insurance fraud coming right up!

+1...A lot of cash to be carrying around.

[NoshowJones]

Personally i wouldnt walk around any tourist destination in the world with that amount of cash. IF he did have that much cash?

I wonder if Indians wear socks, know what I mean?

[raphoedon]

Well goodness gracious me! ?

[Wat dee]

Not for one minute do I believe those sums of cash are true!! Insurance fraud coming right up!

Regular Travel insurances only cover quite low cash amounts.

[Woody1]

Not for one minute do I believe those sums of cash are true!! Insurance fraud coming right up!

Regular Travel insurances only cover quite low cash amounts.

Regular travellers would not be carrying that sort of cash at night in a prostitute, drug fuelled environment!!

[Travelman868]

Not for one minute do I believe those sums of cash are true!! Insurance fraud coming right up!

Fully agree no one in their right mind carries $4000 in their pocket's while going out to a beach.

Of course it would be wrong to suggest it was set up before hand ie:- 1000 baht for each boy.

[ggt]

There appears to be a need for a "sub-forum" setup to handle all the assaults, robberies, rapes, and "suicides" coming from the Pattaya area...

Maybe those ex-pats in Hua Hin actually know something Pattaya folks have not figured out yet...

[Naam]

Not for one minute do I believe those sums of cash are true!! Insurance fraud coming right up!

these sums seem completely out of the range of your imagination... isn't it?

by the way, no insurance on this planet insures cash carried in your pockets.

[bendare]

sounds to me like he flashed the cash in the wrong place previously

[MrWorldwide]

There appears to be a need for a "sub-forum" setup to handle all the assaults, robberies, rapes, and "suicides" coming from the Pattaya area...

Maybe those ex-pats in Hua Hin actually know something Pattaya folks have not figured out yet...

This IS that 'sub-forum' - what other news stories do you see here ? actually look at where a given thread has been started before posting. Thread after bloody thread we have to put up with lamebrain 'observations' like this and I'm over it.

PattayaOne - and TV for that matter - arent even remotely interested in stories about people living normal lives in Pattaya : who in God's name would read those stories ? It's called Sin City for a reason - if you cant handle that, you might be happier perusing Young Adult Fiction in your nearest emporium in Hua Hin, a boring, soulless town if ever there was one.

Edited April 10, 2015 by Rimmer

[MrWorldwide]

Not for one minute do I believe those sums of cash are true!! Insurance fraud coming right up!

these sums seem completely out of the range of your imagination... isn't it?

by the way, no insurance on this planet insures cash carried in your pockets.

I take your point, even if I question myself taking as little as 10K to Walking St - this gentleman must have zero confidence in his hotel safe, but that is the last place I would have been with that much money in my pocket, particularly if he was hammered.