India, June 3 -- A courageous Joesghwari-based couple foiled a robbery attempt on board the Jaipur-Bandra Terminus Superfast Express in the early hours on Sunday as they confronted four knife-weilding robbers and forced them to alight from the moving train to escape being nabbed by the police. Though the robbers camped off with a trolley bag containing cash and valuables worth Rs.7 lakh, the couple also managed to snatch a bag owned by the robbers, which could become crucial evidence in the case.

According to the Borivali Government Railway Police (GRP), Ayub Khan, 36, a construction businessman and a native of Fatehpur district in Rajasthan, lives in Jogeshwari with his wife Hina, 30, daughter Saira, 7, and son Abban, 11. The family was...