As many as eight women were robbed of their ornaments worth Rs5 lakh in the New Delhi—Pondicherry express (22404) train by a gang armed with weapons miscreants near Mathura on Sunday.
A woman of the was severely injured when the miscreants pulled earrings she was wearing. The victim has confirmed that after the miscreants attacked the train coach number B-1 and started snatching ornaments from women and took cash from the men present in the coach.
However, when they were busy looting the passengers of the other coaches were alerted and before the miscreants could enter any other coach of the train, they locked the door from inside obstructing the miscreants from entering the coach.The incident took place near Mathura and the miscreants jumped off the train when the train was around 1 km from Mathura railway station.
An old woman who was travelling in the train was injured severely when the miscreants pulled the earrings. During the criminal act the women, children and men were beaten severely, claimed Vijay Sadhwani, who was travelling in the same train in coach number A-1.
Sadhwani has claimed that the Ticket Checker entered their coach and told them to help him as the adjacent coach B-1 was under attack by a gang of 7-8 armed men.
The attendant and the Ticket Checker were also roughed up by the miscreants who were in B-1.
He alleged that it was irresponsible attitude of the Mathura GRP that they were not willing to register a complaint. They asked the passengers to have break journey for filing a complaint, citing a reason that the GRP police station is situated far from the railway station.