Youths rob man in train near Abohar

Abohar, August 14

Even when search operations were being carried out ahead of Independence Day, a passenger was robbed in a train last night near the Panjkosi station on the Sriganganagar-Abohar section.

The victim, Amit Bagri, who was admitted to Abohar Civil Hospital, said he boarded the train at Sriganganagar last night to travel to his native place in UP. He said five other youths also boarded the rearmost coach of the train, in which he was sitting. He said the youths looked suspicious, so he made a call to his friend to share his fears. The victim said when the train approached the Panjkosi station, the youths attacked him, snatched his phone, and broke it.

He said the miscreants then beat him up and robbed him of Rs 5,000. After seeing the gold ring he was wearing on his hand, they tried to remove it. When the ring did not come off, they tried to locate some sharp object so that they could cut his finger to remove the ring. He said they told him that if he did not give the ring voluntarily, they would throw him out of the moving train and continue to beat him. He said when the train approached the Abohar station, the miscreants fled.

The Government Railway Police and Railway Protection Force have initiated an investigation into the matter. — OC