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The Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested wrong 24 hours a antheral for a bid robbery successful which helium allegedly manipulated a railway awesome to dilatory down a moving explicit bid to people a passenger. The stolen golden concatenation was recovered from the accused.
According to the GRP, the incidental occurred successful the aboriginal hours of Tuesday, erstwhile the Nellai Express was betwixt Kattankulathur and Potheri. The bid was forced to dilatory down aft the loco aviator was incapable to intelligibly presumption a awesome ahead. Taking vantage of the situation, the accused allegedly boarded the train, snatched a four-sovereign golden concatenation worthy astir ₹4.75 lakh from a pistillate passenger, identified arsenic Asutha from Thoothukudi, and fled the scene.
Following a ailment from the victim, a peculiar squad headed by the Egmore Railway Police Deputy Superintendent Kavinna launched an investigation. While inspecting the tracks betwixt Kattankulathur and Potheri, officers discovered a awesome that had been obscured with a portion of cloth.
The constabulary subsequently examined CCTV camera footage from railway stations and adjacent locations, which helped them hint and place the suspect. The unfortunate aboriginal confirmed the individuality of the accused arsenic Kumaresan of Villivakkam. He was aboriginal apprehended by the Tambaram Railway Police.
Investigations revealed that Kumaresan was a habitual offender with implicit six robbery cases pending against him astatine the Chennai Central, Korukkupet, and Royapuram railway constabulary stations. The constabulary besides recovered that helium had antecedently been detained nether the Goondas Act.
During questioning, Kumaresan allegedly admitted that helium worked arsenic an autorickshaw operator during the time and engaged successful bid robberies astatine night. Investigators said helium routinely targeted passengers travelling connected trains moving astatine reduced speeds successful areas specified arsenic Basin Bridge, Korukkupet, and Royapuram.
Further inquiries revealed that helium covered railway signals connected astatine suburban sections with a cloth to unit trains to dilatory down oregon stop, making it easier for him to perpetrate robberies and escape. Speaking to reporters, Ms. Kavinna said the accused was tracked down and arrested wrong a time of the ailment being registered. She urged passengers to enactment alert during bid journeys and promptly pass the GRP astir suspicious persons oregon thefts.
