Mathura, Jul 20: Nearly a dozen men armed with guns and pistols on Friday night robbed almost 50 passengers inside the B2 AC coach of Delhi-bound GT Express, stopped the train and decamped with cash, ornaments and cellphones.
The robbed passengers stopped the train at Mathura junction for nearly an hour and demanded immediate police action.
The local GRP (government railway police) persuaded the passengers to carry on with their journey and promised action against the robbers who got down at a place between Keetham and Farah stations by pulling the alarm chain.
The passengers alleged that they were beaten up by the robbers when they tried to resist.
The robbery took place at a time when the UP police has deployed a large number of policemen at Mathura station on the occasion of Guru Poornima Mela at Govardhan.
