Jaipur, May 6: In a dare devil act, a 48-year-old woman jumped off a moving train to catch the robbers who snatched her gold chain in Udaipur district on Saturday. Though she sustained fractures after falling from the train, she managed to grab the men with the help of passengers and GRP personnel. The accused were handed over to the police and the gold chain was also recovered.
The incident took place on Saturday afternoon between Badi Sadari and Mavli junction in Udaipur district. The passenger train, which covers its distance of 80 km in a nominal speed of 40 km/hour was on its way to Badi Sadari. A woman, Sugna Devi (48), went to the toilet in the general compartment. Later when she came out, three robbers asked her to give them her gold chain. When she resisted, one of the robbers snatched her chain and jumped off the moving train, police said.
"The woman too jumped off the train and later some of the passengers pulled the chain and many people gathered on the spot. I was also travelling in the train. The three robbers were arrested and the gold chain was recovered from them," said Seetaram Vaishanv, incharge, GRP police station, Mavli.
The woman has sustained two fractures on her hands and was rushed to the government hospital.All the passengers also came out of the train and some of them even thrashed the robbers.
The three robbers were identified as Rahul(18), Chetan(20) and Farookh(19) who boarded the train from Kanor railway station.
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