Bhubaneswar: In what indicates severe laxity in security system in tourist places, miscreants looted a tourist of Rs 50,000 and a laptop on the Konark-Chandrabhaga Marine Drive in Puri district this morning.

The matter came to the fore after the victim tourist lodged a complaint in the Ramachandi police station in this regard.  According to him, some miscreants broke open glass of his car and took away cash of Rs 50,000 and a laptop while he was taking bath at a distant.

The tourist was identified as Dr Mukesh of Gujarat. He had come to Odisha to  attend a conference.