About 10 men armed with pistols looted passengers of a train shortly after it left Bhopal and raped a woman after dragging her into the toilet in a brazen display of lawlessness.
The shocking incident took place in a general compartment of the Mumbai-Lucknow Pushpak Express Wednesday night.
The train reached Bhopal an hour behind schedule at 10.20 p.m. Wednesday. The criminals boarded the train then, and the nightmare started as soon as the train departed for Lucknow.
The men first whipped out locally made pistols and took control of the compartment, frightening the passengers into submission.
'They were eight to 10 in number and each was having three to four pistols,' recalled Abdul Wahab, a passenger.
The men thrashed and looted the passengers of their valuables. Three young men were thrown out of the train when they resisted the gang. The criminals then dragged a 22-year-old woman into a toilet and raped her. The victim was travelling with her mother-in-law, who was thrashed.
'The victim has been admitted to the district hospital in Jhansi along with the three youths who had been thrown out,' said Sanjay Mishra, an official of the Railway Protection Force.
'We could not do anything. All the passengers were held at gunpoint,' pleaded another passenger, Anwar, describing the terrible experience. He said he too was beaten and robbed of Rs.3,000. As the train slowed down before Bina city around midnight, the men got off and escaped.
The shocking incident took place in a general compartment of the Mumbai-Lucknow Pushpak Express Wednesday night.
The train reached Bhopal an hour behind schedule at 10.20 p.m. Wednesday. The criminals boarded the train then, and the nightmare started as soon as the train departed for Lucknow.
The men first whipped out locally made pistols and took control of the compartment, frightening the passengers into submission.
'They were eight to 10 in number and each was having three to four pistols,' recalled Abdul Wahab, a passenger.
The men thrashed and looted the passengers of their valuables. Three young men were thrown out of the train when they resisted the gang. The criminals then dragged a 22-year-old woman into a toilet and raped her. The victim was travelling with her mother-in-law, who was thrashed.
'The victim has been admitted to the district hospital in Jhansi along with the three youths who had been thrown out,' said Sanjay Mishra, an official of the Railway Protection Force.
'We could not do anything. All the passengers were held at gunpoint,' pleaded another passenger, Anwar, describing the terrible experience. He said he too was beaten and robbed of Rs.3,000. As the train slowed down before Bina city around midnight, the men got off and escaped.
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