A gang of armed robbers entered a goods train at Sikroda Railway Station near Morena and looted 43 bags of sugar around midnight on Wednesday. The robbers also opened fire at the police who had reached there. According to sources in the Morena police and the GRPF one gang member was injured in the retaliatory fire. He has been arrested and taken to the District Hospital for treatment.
Speaking to media persons here, Ajit Sigh Chauhan, TI, Morena GRPF said that a goods train had halted briefly at Sikroda railway station for green signal around midnight. A gang of armed robbers entered the train and forced open a compartment before removing sugar bags and loading them in a trolley which they had brought with them.
Alerted by the guard of the good train a patrolling team of the RPF reached there. On seeing the police the gang opened fire before fleeing the scene. In the retaliatory fire one gang member got injured in the leg and was arrested. The robber told his name as Ravi Sharma.