Chandauli: Some unidentified armed assailants fired at two Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel aboard Mugalsarai-Buxar DMU passenger train on escort duty, killing one of them, on Friday night around 2200 hrs.
The incident:
- The incident took place when the train reached Pawani halt station in Chausa.
- Some anti social elements opened fire in which GRP constable , Abhishek Singh, was killed while another Nandlal Yadav sustained serious injuries.
- “The killers managed to escape and a manhunt has been launched to nab them, ” said Rajesh Kumar, Sub-inspector, GRP, Mugalsarai.
- The killers were more than six in number, he added.