Train coming from Kumbh robbed

Passengers returning from the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad via the Tata Jat Express were robbed on Thursday by armed men near Delhi.

The incident, the second such case to have taken place on a train on Thursday near the national capital, happened before 2 a.m. between Badli and Holambi Kalan, the Railways said.

“The train was attended by the RPF and the GRP at Sonipat station at 1.55 a.m., where passenger of S8, Ramnath Maurya, reported a loot of ₹1,000 and a minor injury on the left hand. He was provided preliminary treatment at Panipat,” the Railways said.

“He told that he will lodge an FIR at the destination station. The train was not escorted by the RPF. The matter is being thoroughly investigated,” the Railways said.

Passengers alleged that mobile phones, jewellery and cash were looted from them at gunpoint.