Train robbery: Four GRP personnel suspended

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Press Trust of India Etawah (UP)
Last Updated : Apr 02 2014 | 9:20 PM IST
Four Government Railway Police personnel were suspended after miscreants shot at and injured three passengers and looted cash and ornaments in a train here Monday night, a Home Department officer said today.
Head Constable Ajai Pal Singh and Constables Ahmad Ali, Ram Naresh and Om Singh, who were on escort duty, had been suspended, the officer said.
On Monday night, some 12 armed persons entered a bogie of the Allahabad-Meerut Sangam Express after it stopped between Bharthana-Ekdil railway stations, GRP Station Officer Yashpal Singh had said.
They shot at and injured three medical students who challenged them.
The miscreants looted cash, mobiles and ornaments before fleeing after pulling the chain.
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First Published: Apr 02 2014 | 9:20 PM IST

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