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In a associated cognition of Railway Protection Forces (RPF) of Southern and Konkan Railway, a four-member pack that had stolen jewellery worthy ₹50 lakh from a rider connected MGR Chennai Central-Mangaluru Central Mail connected November 14 was arrested astatine Madgaon the aforesaid day.
A mates travelling connected Train 12601 from Chennai to Quilandi successful a 2nd AC manager connected November 14 reported the theft of golden jewellery from a locked trolley bag. While the Government Railway Police, Kozhikode, registered a case, the RPF coordinated the probe nether the supervision of Palakkad Divisional Security Commissioner A. Navin Prasath and Railway Superintendent of Police Shahansha.
Initial clues from victims, the TTE, and the bedroll unit indicated the engagement of a skilled zip-operating inter-State gang. Suspicious behaviour of Hindi-speaking passengers successful HA1 manager led to contiguous question illustration and PNR scrutiny.
Ticket investigation revealed aggregate coordinated bookings made utilizing fake mobile numbers. Additional sleeper-class bookings were utilized strategically for concealed movement. Verification utilizing RPF Prabal Data and Console checks established that the signifier matched the activities of the ‘Haryana gang’, known for akin bid theft operations.
Tracking the accused
The squad tracked the question of the accused done mobile phones and booked tickets and recovered that they had reached Surathkal adjacent Mangaluru. Southern Railway Chief Security Commissioner Arul Jyoti alerted his KRCL counterpart Abhishek Kumar and established coordination.
RPF Inspector astatine Udupi P.V. Madhusudhan and caput constable Vishram Desai who began tracking the accused recovered that 1 of the accused had jumped into the archetypal wide manager of Train No. 12620 Mangaluru Central-Mumbai LTT Matsyagandha Express astatine Surathkal connected November 14 portion the remaining accused had boarded the past wide coach.
Teams formed
The connection was passed to RPF Madgaon, wherever Assistant Security Commissioner Jubir Khan Pathan formed teams and apprehended 4 accused persons. The unit were besides capable to retrieve jewellery worthy astir ₹50 lakh, ₹34,500 successful cash, 2 pouch cutters, and 4 mobile phones from the accused.
RPF, KRCL handed implicit the accused to RPF, Southern Railway, connected Saturday, November 15, successful Mangaluru.
RPF gave the names of the arrested accused arsenic Rajesh, 42, Dilbag, 62, Manoj Kumar, 36 and Jitendar, 45, each from Hissar territory successful Haryana.
