The Mishras were all set to embark on a 25-day tour of South America on Monday evening, but a couple of bike-borne thieves snatched their plans. Ramakant Mishra, 71, and Shobha Mishra, 68, were forced to cancel their trip after the snatchers took away Shobha's bag, which contained their passports, visas, and Rs 5,000 in cash.

Ramakant and Shobha had arrived in Mumbai from Nagpur on Monday morning, and were staying at a friend's home in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC). "We'd come to Mumbai to catch an 10.20 pm flight to South America, where we were going to visit Brazil, Chile, Peru and Argentina. After waiting at BKC for 30 minutes to get a taxi, we hailed an autorickshaw to go to the international airport," Ramakant told mid-day.