Daijiworld Media Network-Udupi (NM)
Udupi, May 24: A group of six thieves allegedly surrounded a family in a train and looted jewellery worth Rs 3.42 lacs and Rs 1, 000 cash, on Tuesday, May 22 early in the morning.
They were travelling in a train from Maharashtra to Kundapur.
The incident took place in the region of Byndoor police station, in the surroundings of Bijoor railway station. As per the complaint of K Bujanga Shetty of Kalavar, the case is registered in the Konkan railway police station.
K Bujanga Shetty of Kalvaraa village in Kundapur, along with the family, was residing in Kurla, suburb of Mumbai. As the family had to travel to their native Kalavara, they got into Garib Rath.
Around 6.15 am of May 22, near Bijoor a group of six thieves surrounded the family and looted the jewellery and cash, the complaint stated.