Train passengers injured, cash and valuables looted in Bihar

Armed dacoits looted cash and valuables from passengers of a New Delhi-bound express train and injured eight of them near Gaya railway station in Bihar’s Kaimur district, a railway official said on Saturday.

A ten-member gang of dacoits boarded the Howrah-New Delhi Express at Gaya railway station and looted cash and belongings of passengers and injured eight of them in six coaches on Friday night before escaping between Kudra and Pasauli stations, central railway chief public relations officer Amitabh Prabhakar said.

Eight men and two women passengers who were injured were admitted at Mughalsarai Railway Hospital, he said.

—-PTI