India, Sept. 5 -- Two men from Uttar Pradesh were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly robbing valuables worth Rs.3.5 lakh from the luggage of sleeping passengers on a long-distance train in May this year. They are the members of a gang that has been active for several years, committing similar crimes, the police said.

According to the police, the accused, Waqar Khan from Ghazipur and Jugal Vishwakarma from Kanpur, had come to Mumbai several years ago and are members of a gang that steals valuables from long-distance train passengers while they are asleep. On May 23, Khan and Vishwakarma stole valuables worth Rs.3.5 lakh from passengers in a train that was heading to Coimbatore. "After some passengers complained of robbery, the police ide...