One passenger shot in Bihar train robbery

Patna: A group of armed criminals looted cash and valuables worth lakhs from passengers on a train in Bihar’s Saharsa district and shot a passenger, who tried to resist, police Saturday said.

The robbery took place late Friday on the Samastipur-Banmankhi passenger train in Saharsa, about 200 km from Patna.

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“Armed criminals boarded the train before Kopadia railway station, halted the train by pulling the emergency chain at an isolated place and looted cash and valuables,” said a police official.

The passenger, who was shot, was admitted to a hospital in Saharsa in a serious condition.

This is the second train robbery reported in the last two days in Bihar.

Over a dozen train robberies have been reported across the state in the last six months.