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Ten dacoits boarded the second class compartment of the 5314 down Agra Fort-Lucknow Express at Ganjdudwara station and stopped it at Narthar, by defusing the vacuum, where 30 more dacoits joined them, official sources said.
The dacoits then started looting the passengers, they said.
Railway Protection Force personnel on board the train challenged the dacoits who opened fire killing three persons, including two policemen, and wounding two others.
The dacoits abducted two army jawans before making good their escape.
Police teams had fanned out in neighbouring Etah, Budaon and Furrukabad districts to track down the dacoits.
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