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In a associated operation, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Government Railway Police (GRP) cracked a large theft case, successful which ₹87 lakh was stolen from the Rayagada Express train.
Police arrested siblings, B. Ashok Kumar and B. Lalith Babu, natives of Dugireddypalem village, Prakasam territory connected Monday, and recovered ₹84.50 lakh currency from them said GRP Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) G. Ratna Raju.
Disclosing details to the media, the DSP said: “The accused Ashok Kumar, had stolen the container containing currency erstwhile the victim, Bezawada Nagaraju, was dormant successful the train. Mr. Nagaraju, a poultry workplace manager, had boarded the Rayagada Express bid astatine Visakhapatnam connected October 31, helium noticed the container containing currency missing astatine Vijayawada railway station."
GRP, Vijayawada Circle Inspector J.V. Ramana, registered a case. With the assistance of RPF inspector Fateh Ali Baig, they analysed CCTV footages and telephone data, they spotted a masked idiosyncratic wearing a headdress alighting from the bid connected Platform No.1.
During investigation, it was revealed that Ashok Kumar, moving arsenic a newsman successful a backstage quality channel, committed theft with the assistance of his brother, Lalith Babu, who was moving astatine a poultry farm.
The GRP and the RPF teams arrested the accused astatine Vijayawada railway presumption portion they were trying to flight to Chennai, said Senior Divisional Security Commissioner Shanmuga Vadivel and Assistant Security Commissioner Ponnysamy.
To evade police, the accused utilized assorted modes of transport — auto, van and RTC buses and travelled to Ponnuru, Chirala and Ongole. They besides changed their mobile numbers and SIM cards, said Superintendent of Railway Police Rahul Dev Singh, who monitored the investigations.
