Ludhiana man braves train robbers, retrieves 3 purses

Tribune News Service

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.