Passengers of Delhi-bound train looted in Bihar

Patna  :  A group of armed criminals looted cash and valuables from passengers on a train in Bihar’s Rohtas district early Saturday, injuring four people who tried to resist them, police said.

The robbery took place on the Howrah-New Delhi Express in Rohtas, about 200 km from Patna.”The incident took place between Gaya railway station and Sasaram,” police said.

“Armed criminals boarded the train before Sasaram railway station and stopped the train by pulling the emergency chain
at an isolated place and looted cash and valuables,” said a police officer.

Angry passengers later staged a protest at the Mughalsarai railway junction and shouted slogans against the inadequate security provided in trains.