India, July 18 -- A 40 year-old-gold trader was robbed of 1.3kg gold after his friend sedated him in a hotel in Paharganj, central Delhi on Tuesday, police said on Thursday.

The victim, Pardeep Kumar, is a gold trader from Amritsar, police said. The accused, identified as Prabh Singh, also a gold trader from Amritsar, allegedly convinced Kumar to come to Delhi for a deal, police said.

"They checked into a hotel in Paharganj on Tuesday morning. At night, the accused told the victim that he knows an eatery which serves the best 'daal' in Delhi. At first the victim declined, but the accused tempted him by saying the 'daal' had lots of butter and was very tasty. The accused then left to get the daal. At night, the victim ate it and immediat...