Jaunpur, Aug 11: Armed miscreants looted cash and jewellery worth lakhs of rupees and wounded several passengers of Gorakhpur-bound Kurla-Gorakhpur Godan Express near Janghai railway station in the Varanasi-Allahabad section early today, railway sources said here. The miscreants, numbering about six, raided a compartment of the train between Janghai and Barkachi stations and fled after looting cash and jewellery worth lakhs of rupees, the sources said.
They said several passengers suffered injuries when they tried to resist the robbers.
Deputy inspector general (railways) D S Singh and other senior officials later reached the spot and a manhunt was launched to nab the culprits, they said. Bureau Report