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Two train passengers, one from Mumbai and the other
from Ajmer, were shot dead as a gang of four robbers
went on a shooting spree in the Jaipur-bound Aravalli
Express few minutes after it left Vapi station on Friday
midnight.
The robbers boarded the general coach of the train
from Vapi station. Initially, they began chatting away
with passengers. Soon, one of them had a heated argument
with a passenger—Salim Khan Pathan—over
a mobile phone. When Pathan did not hand over the phone,
the robbers opened fire randomly at the passengers.
A bullet hit Shaffi Sultan Pinzara, 22, and Naresh Kumar
Jatinath, 33, who were standing close to Pathan, killing
them. Pathan and another passenger Mohammad Feroze were
injured.
The injured were taken to New Civil Hospital at Majura
Gate.
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