23 Arrests Made on Theft Charges By Railway Protection Force In 2019

23 Arrests Made on Theft Charges By Railway Protection Force In 2019

GUWAHATI: Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel of NF Railway have successfully arrested 23 criminals on charges of theft of passenger belongings during the period from January to March this year. The arrested criminals also include druggists who used to the drug on train passenger on a various pretext and loot their belongings.

In one such incident on March 30, at about 10 am, a joint team of Crime Prevention & Detection Squad (CPDS) and Crime Investigation Branch (CIB) from RPF / Katihar comprising Inspector Anoop Tiwari, Head Constable RK Jaiswal, Constable Rakesh Kr Singh Head Constable BK Dubey & Constable Ramashish Jha conducted a special drive at Katihar Railway station with active support of GRP / Katihar. During the special drive the team arrested three persons namely Kartik Mahto, about 35 yrs, s/o Amir Mahto, vill- Begusarai, Bishunpur, PS- Town Thana, Dist- Begusarai (Bihar), (ii) Sovind Kumar, aged about 25 yrs, s/o Nandu Sah, vill- Ulav, PS: Singhaul, Dist- Begusarai (Bihar) and (iii) Aman Kumar, about 18 yrs, s/o Arun Ram, vill- Ulav, PS: Singhaul, Dist. Begusarai (Bihar). Gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 1,50,000, three mobile phones, six trolley bags, five Backpacks, Rs 80,000 in cash and Aadhar Cards which were stolen from railway passengers were recovered from the arrested person.

All the arrested persons with seized materials were later handed over to OC/GRP/Katihar who registered a case vide No 29/2019 dated March 30, 2019 u/s 379/411/414/34 IPC and 137/147 Railway Act. It may be mentioned here that during the year 2018, Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel of NF Railway had successfully arrested 118 criminals on charges of drugging and theft of passenger belongings throughout NF Railway.

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