Robbery Attempt On Circar Express Foiled Near Bapatla

A robbery attempt on the Circar Express was foiled early Monday between Appikatla and Bapatla stations in Andhra Pradesh’s Bapatla district. 

Indian Railway Protection Force (RPF) DSC Akkeswara Rao said the robbers boarded the Chengalpattu–Kakinada train around 1:00 AM near the Nallamada Vagu railway bridge on the outskirts of Bapatla and targeted female passengers sleeping in coaches 3 and 6, attempting to snatch gold and valuables from them.

Alarmed,



passengers raised a commotion and alerted railway police. Someone pulled the emergency chain, bringing the train to a halt. The robbers then jumped off and fled into nearby fields under cover of darkness. 

During the pursuit, railway police fired nine rounds at the suspects, but they managed to escape through the fields toward the Bapatla-Guntur road. Two bags belonging to the miscreants were later recovered. No injuries were reported, though passengers were left shaken by the incident.