Two persons were arrested by the Government Railway Police (GRP) for looting passengers in train near the Bhubaneswar railway station, said GRP IIC Soubhagya Kumar Swain here on Friday.
The accused were identified as Papu alias Kailash Behera (25) of Brahmapur’s Gate Bazaar area under the Baidyanathpur police limits in Ganjam district and Mahammad Amir (24) of Puruna Bazaar under the Keonjhar town police limits in Keonjhar district, presently staying at Manguli Chhak of the Choudwar area in Cuttack district.
According to Swain, the accused were nabbed late on Thursday night when they were committing theft in S-8 bogie of the Howrah-Tiruchirapalli Express train that halted at platform-4 of the Bhubaneswar Railway Station.
The duo looted Voter ID card, cash of `1350, train ticket, caste certificate and new clothes from a passenger Pradip Pakrey of Bardhman district in West Bengal. later, the police seized the looted articles from the accused, he said.
“There are several cases pending against the accused in different police stations. The duo was forwarded to a local court here,” said Swain. The police said it had been pursuing the culprits for many days untill they were successful.