PATNA: A retired IPS officer was shot dead when he tried to stop a gang that was robbing passengers of the Rajendra Nagar-Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Superfast Express here on Sunday.

Rob passengers

Moments after the train started from the Rajendra Nagar Terminal six armed persons got into the train, robbed over 20 passengers in the air-conditioned coach, and shot dead the former DIG, A.K. Singh, who has been practising as a lawyer at the Patna High Court, when he refused to part with his belongings.

Mr. Singh was travelling with his wife, daughter and daughter-in-law to Mumbai to visit his son.

The gangsters completed their operation in a few minutes and decamped even before the train entered Patna Junction. Police nabbed one of them and on the basis of his disclosures arrested the rest of the gang members.

Property recovered

The police claimed to have recovered the looted property as also the mobile phone and wallet of the former DIG.

The weapon used to commit the murder has also been seized.

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