CHENNAI: Some passengers of the Chennai-bound Dadar Express were robbed of their valuables near Wadi railway station on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border early on Thursday. "The robbers wielded wooden logs and forced open the windows. They hit aged people sitting by the window," a one victim said.

The express train reached central railway station on Thursday evening and the victims approached the railway police and lodged a complaint.

According to Kamala Bai of Chintadripet, who had gone to Sholapur in Maharashtra to attend a relative's marriage, the robbers threatened passengers to part with their valuables. She had boarded Dadar Express on Wednesday night in Mumbai.

"I was travelling in the S-5 compartment and boarded the train at 11 pm. When the train reached Gangapur Road, the train stopped and was held up for about an hour. As the train stopped, we opened the window. At around 1 am on Thursday, a gang of 30 entered the compartment. They jumped into it, wielding deadly weapons and hit the passengers through the window. They threatened us to part with gold jewels and cash," Kamala Bai said.

Though the passengers reported about this to the train ticket examiner M R Pasupule, no action was taken. The robbers left the train after sometime, leaving some of the weapons inside the compartment.