Bhubaneswar: Passengers of S-9 compartment of Sambalpur-Jammu Tawi Express had a harrowing time on Saturday night after a group of masked robbers created terror after raiding the coach between Latehar and Barwadih stations in Jharkhand on Saturday night.
They looted cash, ornaments, and other valuable items by firing, and assaulting passengers, GRP officials said.
They stormed into the coach while the express train was on its way to Jammu Tawi from Sambalpur. They boarded the train from Latehar and committed the robbery soon after the train departed from the station.
At least 10 unidentified men stormed inside the S9 coach
Railway officials informed that the robbers attacked passengers and also fired shots in the air to scare them, and later decamped with cash and other valuables items after pulling the chain.
Some passengers were reportedly injured in the assault. They have been treated at the next station by a team of doctors who were called from Palamu district headquarters.
