May 14,2016:A Government Railway Police jawan was shot dead and another damaged by assailants who rushed their INSAS rifles in a running passenger train between Varanasi and Buxar Friday night.

Railways SP Jitendra Mishra said, “Four attackers fired at the two securitymen in a DMU passenger train at about 11 PM Friday night”

Although, SP added, “GRP jawan Abhishek Singh, a resident of Narahi village of Uttar Pradesh, died on the spot, his colleague Nand Lal Yadav was grievously injured”

The foes, who took away two INSAS rifles of the jawans, got down from the train and fled before it reached Buxar.

SP said, “The injured jawan, after preliminary treatment at Buxar, has been shifted to Varanasi”

However, Mughalsarai GRP Inspector Tripurari Pandey said, “ the two constables were on escort duty.”

Just after the train left Chausa railway station for Buxar,the accident happened.

Pandey said, “The criminals also looted cartridges and jumped out of the train when it slowed down”