Cuttack, March 17: An West Bengal-based youth was held on Tuesday for stabbing an elderly beggar on a running train.

The incident took place near the Cuttack Railway Station on Sunday following which the GRP held the accused with the help of passengers.

The accused has been identified as Ramesh Pashwan whereas the Survivor is Manoj, a mentally distressed person who used to collect alms in trains.

According to report, the elderly man was collecting alms in the Balasore-Bhubaneswar MEMU train. Meanwhile, Pashwan asked Manoj to hand over the alms what he had collected. However, Manoj denied. Following this, Pashwan stabbed Manoj with a knife.

Responding to the victim’s scream, passengers caught hold of the accused and handed over him to the GRP cops. At the same time, the survivor was rushed to the hospital for resuscitation.

Eventually, the accused was arrested and sent to judicial remand as a case was registered in this connection.

The incident has wreaked safety concerns for the passengers in the trains.