"Several dozen outlaws boarded the long-distance train to New Delhi early Friday and made their way to four air-conditioned sleeper carriages on the 17-car train, confident they would house the better-heeled passengers.
"Working swiftly, the scofflaws jolted sleepy passengers awake, beating any who resisted and relieving them of about $20,000 in valuables before escaping onto the dark plains.
"While this might sound like a scene from the Wild West, it remains a relatively common occurrence in India."
In India, train bandits prey on passengers
"[Ajit Kumar] Singh, of the Institute for Conflict Management, said a lack of coordination between police agencies, fighting between the state and central governments and weak national policy mean that armed train robberies are unlikely to end any time soon."
"Working swiftly, the scofflaws jolted sleepy passengers awake, beating any who resisted and relieving them of about $20,000 in valuables before escaping onto the dark plains.
"While this might sound like a scene from the Wild West, it remains a relatively common occurrence in India."
In India, train bandits prey on passengers
"[Ajit Kumar] Singh, of the Institute for Conflict Management, said a lack of coordination between police agencies, fighting between the state and central governments and weak national policy mean that armed train robberies are unlikely to end any time soon."
