Lucknow, May 11: Armed miscreants shot at and seriously injured the nephew of former Union finance minister Manmohan Singh while robbing passengers in a speeding train near Khurja Railway Station, a police spokesman said here today. The miscreants, who robbed passengers of the sleeper compartment of Delhi-bound Shramshakti Express last night, shot at Parmendra Singh when he caught hold of one of them, the spokesman said. The former Union minister's nephew was admitted to Aligarh Medical College, he said.

Singh is a resident of Ashok Nagar in Delhi, the spokesman said.

Bureau Report