Dacoits loot Maurya Express,4 passengers injured

Five dacoits were arrested after they looted passengers of the Hatia-Gorakhapur Maurya Express and injured four persons while attacking them with sharp-edged weapons,eastern railway officials said.

A gang of 11 armed dacoits yesterday barged into a compartment of the train at around 11 pm and assaulted the passengers before decamping with cash,a laptop,33 mobile phones and other valuables,they said.

The injured were rushed to CLW hospital at Chittaranjan.

Following the attack the Railway Police Force personnel launched a hunt for the attackers and arrested five of the dacoits from Asansol-Jhajha passenger train at Chittaranjan.

Another dacoit was later apprehended after a long chase at Salanpur station.