A gang of aro-und 20 robbers barged into Hubballi-Secunderabad express train and looted valuables from passengers near Hutagi in Maharashtra in the early hours of Sunday.
According to passengers, the train was stopped around two km ahead of the Hutagi station. A majority of the passengers were fast asleep and did not realise that robbers had barged into the bogies.
Nara-yanaswamy, a who travelled by the train, told Deccan Herald that the robbers snatched cash and jewellery from the passengers. A majority of the victims are said to be from Kalaburagi and Gadag districts.
The passengers staged a protest and lodged a complaint with the railway police at Hutagi. The value of cash and jewellery robbed is yet to be estimated.
The train reached Kalaburagi at 10 am instead of the scheduled time of 7.30 am.