In a daring loot, an employee of a Raipur-based jewellery shop, travelling by the Howrah-Mumbai Mail, was looted by an unidentified miscreant at the railway station here on Saturday night.
Sources said the employee of Jinkushal Jewellers of Amapara, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, laxminarayan Sharma was returning to Raipur with a bag carrying boxes of jewellery worth about Rs 43 lakh.
However, near the Jharsuguda railway station, a miscreant snatched his bag with the gold ornaments and jumped from the train. Sharma also jumped from the train and tried to chase the miscreant but failed and in the process injured his left leg.
Sharma was travelling in the S-7 coach of the train and was standing near the door as his berth was not confirmed. The Jharsuguda GRP have registered a case and started investigation.