Siwan (Bihar): Unidentified armed miscreants looted cash and goods worth over Rs 1 lakh from passengers of Amritsar-Barauni Amrapali Express train in between Siwan-Bhatni section of North Eastern Railway on September 21 night and threw a passenger out of the running train for offering resistance, Railway sources said on September 22.

They said a group of criminals boarded DN Amrapali Express at Deoria station in Uttar Pradesh under Varanasi section of NE Railway and started looting the passengers of two sleeper coaches after the train covered some distance.

They threw a passenger out of the running train for offering resistance to them, the sources said, adding the victim had been identified as Sanjay Kumar Yadav, a resident of Supual district of Bihar.

The anti-socials after robbing the passengers pulled chain and got down before the train reached Siwan junction, the sources said.

PTI