A doctor lost his arm while attempting to save his wife during a purse-snatching attempt by an unidentified miscreant aboard a special train from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) to Nanded on Wednesday.

According to information received, a doctor couple from Panvel was travelling with their daughter to Nanded on the special train. The woman doctor was sleeping on the middle berth, while her husband, also a doctor, was on the upper berth.

An unidentified man suddenly entered the coach at around 3.35 am and attempted to snatch the woman’s purse. A struggle ensued, and in the chaos, the woman fell out of the moving train through the door. Her husband, who tried to save her by jumping out of the train came under the wheel and his hand 
was severed.