Women fall prey to train robbers
Vadodara : Four persons forcibly entered the ladies compartment of Ernakulam-Okha Express at Panvel railway station in Maharashtra and looted valuables like gold jewellery, cash and mobile phones worth Rs2.76 lakh from female passengers. One of the looters attacked an old woman with a knife when she tried to foil their loot attempt.
An official complaint could be lodged only at Vadodara railway police station due to apathy of the police at Vasai and the guard of the train.
Manglaben Anthony D'souza (55), a resident of Mafta village in Goa, was travelling in the train, which had started around noon on Thursday. She was coming to Vadodara for her cardiac check-up. At about 10.30 pm, the train stopped at Panvel. After the train started, four persons, agedbetween 20-25 years, who were speaking Marathi and Hindi, boarded the ladies compartment. When Manglaben and other passengers protested, they pleaded that they would shift to general compartment at the next stop as the train had started. But as soon as the train gained speed, the four tied handkerchiefs on their faces and took out a knife and threatened lady passengers to hand over their valuables.
Manglaben managed to pull the chain to stop the train. But the looters forcibly closed all the windows and doors of the train.. To the surprise of passengers, no railway official came to check the ladies compartment. Within five minutes, the train again started.
Vadodara : Four persons forcibly entered the ladies compartment of Ernakulam-Okha Express at Panvel railway station in Maharashtra and looted valuables like gold jewellery, cash and mobile phones worth Rs2.76 lakh from female passengers. One of the looters attacked an old woman with a knife when she tried to foil their loot attempt.
An official complaint could be lodged only at Vadodara railway police station due to apathy of the police at Vasai and the guard of the train.
Manglaben Anthony D'souza (55), a resident of Mafta village in Goa, was travelling in the train, which had started around noon on Thursday. She was coming to Vadodara for her cardiac check-up. At about 10.30 pm, the train stopped at Panvel. After the train started, four persons, agedbetween 20-25 years, who were speaking Marathi and Hindi, boarded the ladies compartment. When Manglaben and other passengers protested, they pleaded that they would shift to general compartment at the next stop as the train had started. But as soon as the train gained speed, the four tied handkerchiefs on their faces and took out a knife and threatened lady passengers to hand over their valuables.
Manglaben managed to pull the chain to stop the train. But the looters forcibly closed all the windows and doors of the train.. To the surprise of passengers, no railway official came to check the ladies compartment. Within five minutes, the train again started.
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