Miscreants fled away with goods worth lakhs of rupees last night from Mahakaushal Express. The offenders stole the goods of one and half an dozen passengers in AC compartments. The passengers came to know of the incident in the morning at Gwalior
According to GRP Gwalior, a resident of Windsor Hill SK Singh is in government service and he was coming back to his house with his friend Manish Gupta in Mahakaushal express in A-1 bogie. Around 11 pm SK Singh and Manish slept in the train after having dinner. At 5 am they got down at the Gwalior railway station, but they found their luggage was missing.
When they came down at the platform they found B1 and B2 bogies looted. Nearly 20 passengers went to the GRP police station and complained about the theft. The police registered the case against unknown thieves. The SP railway Avdesh Goswami suspended GRP police station in-charge Ml Chauhan and gave JBS Kushawah charge.
Gwalior division is stated to be most in secure track. During the last 3 months many thefts have been committed. The SP railways Avdesh Goswami and railway officers also said that Gwalior station is unsafe. Now strict arrangements for security have been ordered by the higher officers. The SP railway Goswami said that two incidents in Mahakaushal Express between Jhansi and Banda have been reported. The cases have been registered and the dairy has been sent to the police.