| GRP personnel offs cancelled for a week by AllIsWell on 21 August, 2013 - 07:57 AM | ||
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 AllIsWell | GRP personnel offs cancelled for a week on 21 August, 2013 - 07:57 AM | |
MUMBAI: Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel's weekly offs have been cancelled for the next seven days following the mugging of an American woman on a Western Railway local and an apparent ter-ror threat.Additional police drives were conducted on Tuesday as it was Raksha Bandhan and most women wear extra gold jewellery while commuting.Sources said two persons, resembling the identity sketch of Michelle Marks' attacker, were detained and are being questioned. The GRP said Marks had not noticed the robber board the first class compartment she was travelling in, till he came near her to snatch her phone. "Marks was engrossed with her phone. She was taken aback when the robber tried to snatch it. But she put up a tough fight," said a sen-ior official.Marks had boarded the empty compartment at Churchgate and was mugged between Marine Lines and Charni Road. Officials believe the attacker entered at Marine Lines as they have not been able to spot anyone matching his description in CCTV footage of Churchgate. | ||