A team of railway police officers reached the station and started a probe
Robbers targeted an express train in Bihar on Wednesday, looting passengers and shooting a passenger in the leg for protesting. The Jannayak Express train was heading to Amritsar from Bihar's Darbhanga.
The robbers boarded the train at Karpurigram station, around 3 hours away from the state capital Patna.
The injured passenger, identified as Mitthu Sah, had to get down at Karpurigram station and was rushed to a medical facility by Railway police. The incident took place near Karpuri village in Samastipur, close to the Muzaffarpur railway section.
Speaking about the incident, the injured passenger said he boarded the Jannayak Express, adding that two robbers from Karpurigram station got into the train and looted the passengers. Both of them had guns in their hands, he said.
Mitthu Sah, who was shot in the left leg, further said that the robbers fired with an aim to trigger panic. My mobile phone and money were also looted, he said, adding that the luggage and belongings of others were also robbed.
After receiving the information, a team of railway police officers reached the station and spoke with the passengers. Railway Police officials began probing the incident even as passengers questioned how the criminals had been able to board the train with pistols.
"A passenger named Mohan sustained a bullet injury in a firing incident. The police immediately received information about the incident and the injured person was brought to the hospital for treatment. He has been shot in his left leg," Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sanjay Kumar Pandey told news agency ANI.
"The train was inspected in Muzaffarpur after we received information of two people getting off the train with firearms. Police are following them and further proceedings are being carried out," he said, adding that the injured person is being treated and is out of danger.
Further speaking about the incident, the ASP said that during the inspection of the train and the passengers there, it was informed to the Government Railway Police that Mohan was sleeping under a blanket, his mobile was on charge and he was not able to find his phone. Upon waking up, another person's phone was also missing.
"In the same sequence, when they started searching for the mobile, they suspected two persons and a fight broke out during which the bullet was fired," the officer added.