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Robbery in train
MALDA, 16 JUNE: A group of armed men barged into the Sealdah- bound Padatik Express yesterday night and robbed the passengers. The incident occurred when the train was stranded at Eklakhi station. The men allegedly looted cash, ornaments, cell phones and other valuables from passengers of S-1, S-2, S- 4 and S- 6 compartments. A couple, Mr Kanailal Dutta and Mrs Debjani Dutta, were seriously injured while resisting the robbers. They were later hospitalised.
The angry passengers held the railway officials and the police responsible for the robbery. “There was...
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no security for the passengers,” a passenger alleged. The train left for Sealdah around 3.15 a.m.
Divisional railway manager, Katihar Division, B S Patil ordered a probe into the incident. It has been learnt that the Siliguri SRP, Mr Shyamal Bhattacharya, would probe the security lapses. STATESMAN