This Article is From Apr 21, 2016

100 Passengers Onboard Gujarat-Bound Train Robbed In Uttar Pradesh

100 Passengers Onboard Gujarat-Bound Train Robbed In Uttar Pradesh

Government Railway Police teams at many stations on the route were put on alert after the incident.

Lucknow: Over 100 passengers travelling on the Sultanpur Express were robbed of their money and other valuables by a gang of robbers in Rampur early morning today, 290 km from here, police said.

Over a dozen heavily-armed robbers barged into the general coaches of the train moving from Sultanpur to Ahmedabad in Gujarat and looted the passengers at gunpoint before and escaped, an official said.

Government Railway Police teams in Moradabad and other stations en route have been put on alert, an official told news agency IANS.

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