Bihar: Thief Grabbed by Passenger Outside a Moving Train
The video of the thief hanging outside the window of a running train pleading for his life as passengers pulled his arms is going viral.
Snatching of valuables like phones and cameras from the window of running trains has become quite a common practice in some regions of India over the last few years. However, now, a man trying to snatch a mobile phone from a train passenger through the window ended up as a nightmare for him. The video of the thief hanging outside the window of a running train, apologising, pleading for his life as passengers pulled his arms in, helping him live, but also criticising him for his mistake is going viral on the internet. The video was reportedly shot on 14th of September and is from Bihar, where snatching through train windows is reported routinely. This train was nearing the end of its journey from Begusarai to Khagaria in Bihar when the man tried to snatch the phone near Sahebpur Kamal Station. But an alert passenger grabbed his arm instead. As the train moved, he pleaded to let him go, and eventually put his other arm in through the window rails for the passengers to hold him. His journey lasted for around 10 kilometres, and the passenger finally left him when the train was close to Khagaria. He ran away immediately, locals told reporters. No information was yet available on whether the police took any action.
While this thief missed snatching the phone and was caught by the passenger, another thief who went viral in June was quicker and more successful. Some on the internet called him "the new Spider-Man". That video, also shot from inside a train in Bihar, showed a thief on a bridge grabbing the wallet of a passenger through the window of a moving train. Also in June, a similar snatching attempt ended up in serious injury to a policewoman, who was pulled out of a moving train near the Katihar railway station, also in Bihar. Aarti Kumari, a police constable, was standing close to the door with her mobile phone in hand when the train slowed down near the station and the snatchers tried pulling her phone. After she resisted the attempt, the men pulled her out.
