Title - Help comes to train robbery injured after two hours

Chandigarh:
A 10-year-old girl, Kajal, who suffered an injury after robbers opened fire on the Jan Sewa Express yesterday, had not been provided any medical aid by the railway authorities for more than an hour. Adding to her family's woes, no Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel came to help them at the Rajpura station where the train halts for only two minutes. The family managed to get medical aid for her after half an hour when the train reached the Ambala station.The girl’s father, Munish Kumar, said his daughter was out of danger. She was operated upon by the doctors at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, last night.Ironically, eight RPF personnel, who were deployed on the train, were clueless about the robbery even though the robbers had fired into the air thrice. A bullet splinter hit the girl in the stomach. Interestingly, the police came to know about the robbery, which happened between Sirhind and Rajpura, after the other two injured passengers alighted from the train at the Rajpura railway station. Rather than inspecting the coach where the incident took place, the RPF staff talked to passengers when the train reached the Ambala station.Railway Senior Divisional Security Commissioner, Mohinder Singh, stated that as no passenger complained about the robbery on the train, the RPF personnel failed to take any action on time. He said an inquiry had been marked and action would be taken after the receipt of the report. The girl's father said the incident took place between 10am and 11am. A group of five robbers entered the coach and started snatching cash, mobile phones and jewellery from women passengers at gunpoint. He said when other passengers objected, they fired into the air and beat up two passengers. While the robbers were alighting from the train, one of them fired at his daughter and wounded her.