India, April 10 -- A train thief stole a woman's purse on a running train and, fearing he would be caught by the police, jumped off into a pond and disappeared. The police searched for him in the pond but could not find him for nearly five hours. Eventually, he was caught.

The incident took place in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district, when 42-year-old Harvinder Singh stole a woman's purse on the Rewa-Itwari Express in the early hours of Monday and fled.

Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel spotted him and gave chase. As the train slowed down slightly, the thief jumped off into a pond filled with lotus plants and algae in the Khitoula area, according to news agency PTI.

The RPF personnel saw him jump into the pond and immediately al...