Jain pilgrims looted by criminals in Bihar

PATNA - Dozens of Jain pilgrims were looted by a group of unidentified criminals in Bihar’s Jamui district Tuesday afternoon, police said.

According to police, a group of armed criminals looted the pilgrims near Lachuar under Sikandara police station in Jamui, about 170 km from here.

“Criminals looted cash, mobile phones and other valuable items from the Jain pilgrims,” a police official said.

The incident took place when about 150 Jain pilgrims, mostly from Rajasthan and Maharashtra, in several vehicles were on their way to a Jain shrine associated with Lord Mahavira, the twenty fourth Jain Tirthankar.