New Delhi, Sep 28 (Inditop.com) A group of five-six armed robbers looted passengers of cash, jewellery and other valuables in a train en route to Delhi in the suburbs of the national capital, the police said Monday. The masked robbers boarded the Kalka-Delhi Himalayan Queen Express at Sonepat in Haryana.
They robbed the passengers of cash, jewellery and valuables like mobile phones at gun and knife point.
The robbers, who were reported to be in their twenties, escaped by pulling the alarm chain of the train at a secluded place between Holambi Kalan and Narela railway stations in north Delhi.
A policeman who visited the spot said they received a call around 9.53 p.m. “But when we reached the spot, the train had already left.”
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime and railway) Behron Singh said they have registered a case and were investigating the matter.
Police officials said three victims have come forward with details of the incident and they were expecting more people to contact them.
“Then we will know the exact amount of cash, jewellery and valuables looted by the robbers,” one police officer told Inditop.
