Patna, August 30: A railway employee was killed and ten people injured when armed robbers looted cash and valuables from passengers of a local train in Bihar’s Jamui district, police said today.
Mukesh Mandal, a gangman, was shot at when he tried to resist the armed attackers who boarded the 507 EMU Jhajha-Patna at Jamui and went on a looting spree late last night, they said.
Mandal died on the way to a hospital at Jamui.
The firing led to a stampede-like situation as panic- stricken passengers jostled to get down from the train, they said, adding 10 peole were injured in the melee.
The robbers fled after pulling the chain of the train near Mahesh Leta halt, police said.
The robbers snatched several mobile phones, cash and other valuables worth around Rs one lakh from the passengers, according to an FIR registered at the government railway police at Kiul.
–PTI