Armed men rob jewellers on Deccan QueenArmed thieves entered the Pune-bound Deccan Queen on Saturday evening and robbed some passengers of their valuables at gunpoint and decamped with goods totaling Rs 27,650.Speaking to The Indian Express, Narendra Dosa, the complainant said, four thieves entered the air-conditioned compartment he was traveling in when the train made a brief halt at Shivajinagar railway station.``The four men were armed with a country-made revolver and knives and instead of targeting just any passenger, they made for a group of businessmen in the compartment.''According to the police, the men who bore the brunt of the theft are all jewellers who travel by the train every Saturday to buy jewellery from Mumbai. According to police inspector in-charge of the Railway Police Station, Suresh Shirkhe, ``It seems to be an inside job. The culprits obviously knew that the businessman travelled on Saturdays with their valuables.''Strangely enough, when the passengers tried to stop the train by pulling the emergency chain minutes after the incident, the train did not stop till it arrived at the Pune Railway Station. ``Many of us tried to stop the train,'' says Dosa, ``and we pulled at the emergency chain a number of times but the train did not stop. Had it stopped, we could have informed the police at Shivajinagar itself and probably nabbed the culprits.'' As per the complaint, the thieves entered the compartment and went straight to Amrutlal Solanki and his co-passenger, Ramesh Laxmichand Kaswa, both jewellers. The thieves took away their suitcases, two mobile phones, a digital diary and a calculator.Munde website in Marathi tooAccess gopinathmunde.com, and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Gopinath Munde is all set to e-chat with the browser in Marathi, too.Munde's Marathi website, the first bilingual site of any Indian politician, was formally launched on Saturday. The exercise was in response to demands from scores of Maharashtrians in India and abroad, according to site coordinator Poorva Keskar.The English website available on the same address was launched from Mumbai on July 31 and it was visited by over 4,600 Internet surfers. The Deputy Chief Minister also received over 800 e-mail messages containing complements, criticism and a few constructive suggestions, she said.Designed and managed by Wave Front Technologies, a Paranjape Schemes group company here, the site details on Munde's personal life and career as a politician, his vision for Maharashtra and plans for e-governance are some frequently asked questions, along with bouquets and brickbats.Sonia rallyCongress president Sonia Gandhi will be addressing an election rally in the city on September 8, according to the city Congress party office. The venue for the rally is yet to be finalised. The rally will be held at 3 pm. The party received a fax message on Sunday evening that Sonia Gandhi will be addressing the election rally on September 8.
