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Robbers strike Rajdhani Express, Armed Police on board do nothing!

Post by mundaire » Tue Apr 11, 2017 3:01 pm

We are told repeatedly that we don't need our own firearms, as the police is there to protect us. This incidence highlights the futility of such specious arguments. Lets face it, we have to be willing and able to protect ourselves as we simply cannot hope for someone else to come and rescue us.

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Robbers strike Delhi-Patna Rajdhani Express, steal jewellery, cash worth lakhs

The robbery took place between UP’s Mughalsarai and Buxar (Bihar) stations of the East Central Railway (ECR) when the passengers were asleep.
Updated: Apr 09, 2017 17:50 IST
Avinash Kumar
Hindustan Times, Patna
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Passengers argue with a GRP cop at Patna junction after their belongings were stolen on the 12310 New Delhi-Patna Rajdhani Express in UP on Sunday. (Arun Abhi/HT photo)

PATNA Robbers targeted the New Delhi-Patna bound (12310) Rajdhani Express and decamped with cash and jewellery worth lakh of rupees in the wee hours of Sunday.

The incident took place between Mughalsarai (Uttar Pradesh) and Buxar (Bihar) stations, under the East Central Railway (ECR).

Six members of an escort team, including an assistant sub-inspector and five constables, have been suspended. The police are quizzing a coach attendant after passengers suspected involvement of some railway staff behind the incident as the doors of coaches were open.

Police said the robbers struck in coaches A4, B7 and B8, picking up whatever they could lay their hands on in the dark. Several passengers claimed that they lost their jewellery, cash, laptop, mobile phones and other valuables. Complaints have been registered with the Government Railway Police (GRP), Patna.

The incident has raised serious questions about security in the country’s premier. In a tweet, railway minister Suresh Prabhu asked the chairman railway board to get in touch with the Bihar chief secretary. He also asked the director-general of the railway protection force (RPF) to talk to the director general of police, Bihar, to take prompt and stern action in the case.

S Tyagi, a defence personnel from Kanpur, said: “The total loss could be as high as Rs 20 lakh”. He said that he lost valuables worth Rs 5,000 but none of the passengers in the three coaches realised when the robbers struck. The train ticket examiner (TTE) and coach attendant was asleep next to him, added Tyagi.

Anand Kumar, another passenger, suspected the involvement of railway or catering staff in the incident. He said, “It might have been anyone but it could have been the railway staff or the catering staff. I lost my mobile phone but there were others who lost valuables worth lakhs of rupees.”

Some passengers said the incident occurred between 3am and 4.30am but they discovered about the burglary only when they woke up before reaching Patna on Sunday morning.

A railway employee of Danapur division also travelling in the train said that several unreserved passengers were travelling in the train with the connivance of coach attendants and other railway staff.

ECR chief public relations officer (CPRO) Arvind Kumar Razak told HT that the incident took place when the train stopped for want of signal clearance between Bhadaura and Gahmar railway stations (in Uttar Pradesh) between 3.29am and 3.53am on the Patna-Delhi main line. It is suspected that the burglars de-boarded there with small items.

Superintendent of railway police (SRP), Patna, Jitendra Kumar Mishra, said complaints had been registered and referred to Allahabad superintendent of railway police for further action. He said Buxar GRP and RPF officials rushed to the spot after the incident. He did not deny the possibility of any railway employee being involved in the incident.

“I do not completely deny the allegations, but experience says criminal gangs are active on the Mughalsarai-Buxar stretch,” Mishra signed off.

(With inputs from Prashant Ranjan in Ara)
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Re: Robbers strike Rajdhani Express, Armed Police on board do nothing!

Post by goodboy_mentor » Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:37 pm

Crime is escalating at an unprecedented rate, moreover the behavior of public also appears undesirable. Please note the part highlighted in yellow below. It shows, except just raising an alarm, nobody from the train compartment or around came forward to help this gentleman in chasing the robbers. This kind of behavior is one of the most shocking and unfortunate thing. This kind of behavior certainly emboldens the criminals. One of the many reasons for such behavior is, common people are unarmed and the criminals are always armed due to the nature of their business.
Ludhiana man braves train robbers, retrieves 3 purses

Kurukshetra, April 10
Jagpreet Singh Grewal, 35-year-old Ludhiana resident, singlehandedly braved a group of train robbers in the wee hours today.

Grewal chased three unidentified accused and managed to recover three purses the robbers had snatched from women passengers of Jammu Mail. However, the thieves allegedly managed to escape with purses snatched from two other passengers.

Grewal, who works with a private insurance company, had boarded a train from Ludhiana for Gurgaon around midnight. He said when the train stopped at Kurukshetra, few passengers of coach A-2 raised the alarm about thieves.

“I came down from the train and chased the robbers. They took shelter under the train, but threw away three stolen purses containing valuables,” Grewal said. As he stepped out of the train again in search of two other purses, the accused started throwing stones at him.

Later, with the help of ticket examiner and other passengers, owners of the purses were identified and their belongings were returned to them. “I singlehandedly braved the robbers. I was shocked to find there were no security personnel in the train,” said Grewal.

He said the train officials assured to get a complaint of robbery registered with the Railway Special Police Force in Delhi.
Source http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryan ... 90068.html
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Re: Robbers strike Rajdhani Express, Armed Police on board do nothing!

Post by StampMaster » Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:23 pm

Appreciate Jagpreet Singh Grewal for heroic act.

Railway police (who escort train) are trained few days in a year to combat with closed encounters. They are the only police to my knowledge who get some quota of ammo and firing practice every year.

Importantly unarmed citizens or govt.'s role in non-arming citizens is the real reason for such dacoity and robberies.
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