In a bid to nab miscreant escaping with robbed purse, a woman and daughter sustained injuries after they jumped from an Indore-bound Narmada Express train on Friday.
The GRP Bhopal have registered a case against the unidentified miscreants and have started the investigation. The victims Anjana Tiwari (28) and her mother Asha Tiwari (51) were at their berths in coach number S-3, when the incident took place at around 4 am. Asha was carrying Rs40,000 in her purse which was kept below her head.
In her complaint, Anjana claimed that while the train decelerated near Nishatpura railway station, she woke up and found that a miscreant was trying to escape with her purse and after spotting the miscreant, she raised an alarm and chased him.
Alerted with the alarm Anjana’s mother followed her. Anjana thought that the train was at the platform and to chase the miscreant, she jumped off the train and later her mother also jumped.
later, they reached station and reported the incident to Deputy SS Commercial where they were taken to hospital. Anjana has received head injuries and her condition is reportedly stable.
The injuries would have proven more severe if the train was in speed, police said. The incident took place at around 4 am when almost all the passengers of the coach were asleep.
Superintendent of Police (Railways) Awdesh Goswami said that in the lack of light, the victims were not able to notice the face of the miscreant. They have been provided with few photographs of the miscreants active in the section, but the miscreant was not among the photographs.
The GRP Bhopal has started further investigation and search for the offender has been intensified.