Hyderabad: SCR officials stated on Sunday that the victim of Saturday’s robbery on an MMTS train gave contradictory statements on the mishap.
Mr Sri Dattatreya, 60, a retired railway staffer from Malkajgiri was found lying beside a railway track with injuries.
“On initial inquiry, the victim said he was walking to Secunderabad railway station from Sithaphalmandi to receive his relatives when he was stabbed and robbed. When GRP recorded his statement, he said he was coming from Sitaphalmandi station and was attacked in the MMTS train,” the press release said.
Though he walked for some distance, he collapsed," the statement said.
Officials said that the victim changed his version later when the Government Railway Police recorded his statement.
"In the hospital, he stated that he was coming from Sitaphalmandi railway station in MMTS when some unidentified persons pulled him from the train, stabbed and snatched the cash, when the train halted at a signal.” the statement read.
