The train robbers injured one passenger — an Army man — and looted property worth Rs 40,000 on Tuesday in coach number S6 and S7 in the 3025 Up Howrah-Bhopal Express train between Kumandi and Hehegara railway stations under Dhanbad railway division of East Central railway.
The injured Army man, Shashi Kapur, grappled with two train robbers but the third one fired at him injuring his arm and head, said AK Sinha, railway traffic inspector here. One passenger who lost Rs 2,000 in cash, two cell phones and his Voter’s I-card SK Pati has given his statement to GRP Daltonganj said Sinha. Imtiaz Haque another passenger was robbed of Rs 10,000.
The express train was stopped by chain pulling and the robbers were one of the passengers. The train stopped for 21 minutes at pole number 236/15 said Sinha and the robbers stripped the passengers of their belongings, reminded Sinha. The train reached Daltonganj railway station at 12.53 am and here the GRP took the statement of Pati, a passenger.