Patna, August 18: At least five persons were injured when they resisted armed robbers who looted passengers travelling in the Patna-Pune Express near Ara railway station in Bihar, officials said today.
Twelve people armed with pistols and sharp-edged weapons boarded the coach at Ara and went on a looting spree when the train resumed its onward journey to Buxar late last night.
They snatched several cellphones, watches and cash worth about Rs 2.5 lakh, and beat up the passengers who resisted, besides the train ticket examiner Dinesh Paswan.
The five persons, including two railway employees, who sustained injuries, were given first-aid at Buxar station.
The gunmen later pulled the chain, removed the hosepipe and escaped under the cover of darkness at a place between Jagdishpur and Dumaraon stations on Patna-Mughalsarai section under Danapur division of the East Central Railway, they said.
The passengers lodged a complaint with the Government Railway Police at Buxar.
–PTI