Duronto passengers looted, coin used to tamper with signal
Somreet Bhattacharya & Jasjeev Gandhiok TNN
New Delhi:18.01.2019
A group of masked men stopped the Jammu Duronto train by tampering with the signalling system with a coin, entered two coaches and robbed at least a dozen passengers at knifepoint near Samaipur Badli on Thursday morning. The incident occurred a few metres from the Badli railway station that also has a Railway Protection Force post.
So far, police have registered two FIRs and are trying to trace the other passengers who were robbed. The role of coach attendants and pantry staff present in the coaches is being probed as well. The passengers told police that the criminals may have boarded the train by colluding with them for unlocking the doors.
The robbery was reported around 4.30am. The loco pilot claimed that he found the signals red and stopped the train. The robbers, who were hiding in the JJ colony along the tracks, boarded the three-tier coach number B3 and drew the curtains to look for passengers who were awake. Basant Bahrdari, who was travelling to Delhi, said that he woke up to a cold knife pressed to his throat. “The man, whose face was covered with a cloth, asked me to hand over my belongings. I complied as his associates had gathered around by then. I don’t want to recall my trauma,” he added. He lost ₹6,100 in cash, a gold chain, mobile phone, sunglasses and ATM cards. Ashok Kumar, who was travelling with his wife, said that there were at least a dozen robbers who held knives against the throats of the passengers. “The ordeal went on for 15-20 minutes,” he added.
“Some of the passengers tried to look for a RPF constable or a (TTE), but none was in sight,” a passenger said in a tweet.
Somreet Bhattacharya & Jasjeev Gandhiok TNN
New Delhi:18.01.2019
A group of masked men stopped the Jammu Duronto train by tampering with the signalling system with a coin, entered two coaches and robbed at least a dozen passengers at knifepoint near Samaipur Badli on Thursday morning. The incident occurred a few metres from the Badli railway station that also has a Railway Protection Force post.
So far, police have registered two FIRs and are trying to trace the other passengers who were robbed. The role of coach attendants and pantry staff present in the coaches is being probed as well. The passengers told police that the criminals may have boarded the train by colluding with them for unlocking the doors.
The robbery was reported around 4.30am. The loco pilot claimed that he found the signals red and stopped the train. The robbers, who were hiding in the JJ colony along the tracks, boarded the three-tier coach number B3 and drew the curtains to look for passengers who were awake. Basant Bahrdari, who was travelling to Delhi, said that he woke up to a cold knife pressed to his throat. “The man, whose face was covered with a cloth, asked me to hand over my belongings. I complied as his associates had gathered around by then. I don’t want to recall my trauma,” he added. He lost ₹6,100 in cash, a gold chain, mobile phone, sunglasses and ATM cards. Ashok Kumar, who was travelling with his wife, said that there were at least a dozen robbers who held knives against the throats of the passengers. “The ordeal went on for 15-20 minutes,” he added.
“Some of the passengers tried to look for a RPF constable or a (TTE), but none was in sight,” a passenger said in a tweet.
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