Dacoits go on killing, looting spree in train

LUCKNOW, SEPT. 6. In a daring operation, dacoits shot dead three persons, including two policemen, abducted two jawans and looted passengers in a speeding train near Patiali railway station in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.

Ten dacoits boarded the second class compartment of the 5314 down Agra Fort train at Ganjdudwara station and stopped it at Narthar by defusing the vacuum when 30 more dacoits joined them, official sources said. They then started looting the passengers.

The Railway Protection Force personnel on board the train challenged the dacoits who opened fire killing three persons, including two policemen, and wounding two. The dacoits before making good their escape abducted two jawans.

- PTI

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