Gwalior

A gang of dacoits robbed passengers of the Gwalior-bound GT Express of cash, ornaments and other valuables after injuring five of them yesterday.

The train was on its way to Gwalior from Delhi via Agra when the robbers boarded it from Dholpur, police and railway sources said today.

The outlaws resorted to firing and assaulted the passengers as soon as the train reached the outskirts of the city.

The miscreants shot at three passengers, beat up two others and looted around Rs 1 lakh in cash and ornaments from the terrorised passengers, the sources said.

Later, the dacoits stopped the train at the Chambal bridge by pulling the chain and fled with the booty into the ravines of Chambal.

The injured passengers - three with bullet injuries - were admitted to hospitals in Morena and Gwalior, the sources said.

Four Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel, who were on duty on board, have been suspended, they added.

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A CBI court in Ahmedabad has convicted Ravjibhai Manubhai Pawar of the murder of his Indian employer and four other members of his family in Dubai in 1992 and sentenced him to death.

A press release from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said that its investigations had shown that Pawar, while working as a domestic servant in Dubai, had kileld Mr Ramesh K Sagar and four others of Mr Sagar's family on January 4, 1992.

He was also accused of rape and of stealing household articles, including clothes, ornaments and cash.

Pawar feld from Dubai on January 5 and came to India. On the basis of an Interpol alert, he was nabbed on January 10 by the Gujarat police and a first information report (FIR)was registered.

Since the accused was an Indian national and the offence took place outside India, the case was entrusted to the CBI. The Dubai Police had also registered an FIR and collected evidence, which was used by the CBI during investigation and trial of the case, the release said.

The chargesheet was filed on January 23, 1992 in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chikhli. The trial court found him guilty and convicted him.

The case was registered by the CBI, Ahmedabad (now Gandhinagar) Branch on April 27, 1992 on the basis of the request and consent of the Government of Gujarat for futher investigation of the case filed at the Chikhli Police Station, the release added.

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National carrier Air India today introduced a daily flight between Gwalior and Mumbai with an Airbus A-319 aircraft.

The inaugural flight was flagged off from the Rajmata Vijaye Raje Scindia Civil Terminal at Gwalior by Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia.

Air India Chairman and Managing Director Arvind Jadhav and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

The daily flight AI 421/422will be operated on the route Delhi-Gwalior-Mumbai and return with the 122-seater Airbus A319 with a dual configuration of 8 Executive class and 114 Economy class seats.

Flight AI 421 from Delhi to Gwalior will depart Delhi at 1400 hours and reach Gwalior at 1440 noon, take off from Gwalior at 1505 hrs and reach Mumbai at 1635 hours. The return flight AI 422 will leave Mumbai at 1500 hours and arrive in Gwalior at 1630 hours, depart from Gwalior at 1655 hrs and reach Delhi at 1735 hrs.

"The introduction of this much needed flight will link the two important cities and facilitate the movement of business and leisure travelers," an Air India press release added.

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Two people were killed and another person was injured when their car collided head-on with a truck on the Agra-Mumbai National Highway near here early today, police said.

Gaurav Dubey and Mona Jain died on the spot while Pradeep Dhakar, who sustained critical injuries, has been referred to a hospital in Gwalior, police added.

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