GRP nabbed two persons from Kalka Mail at Hazaribagh railway station on Saturday and recovered stolen jewellery worth Rs 86.5 lakh from a jewellery shop at Rohini in Delhi on Thursday.
Acting on a tip off police tracked the DN Kalka mail at Hazaribagh road railway station at 1:42 am and when the train was stopped at station, two criminals who were travelling in A-2 coach, who tried to escape but were nabbed by the GRP.
The persons were identified as Pitu Shaikh and Ahmed, both were coming from Delhi and going to Bardawan after committing crime in Delhi.Inspector-in-charge of Hazaribagh Road Pankaj Kumar said that police raided the coach no A-2 after stopping of train at station at 1:42 am and arrested two persons Peetu Shaikh 27 son of late Sadhu Sheikh, belonging to Birbhum, district in WB Birbhum and Ahmed, 30 son of late Miyadin Sheikh, a resident of JJ Colony Babana, North West Delhi, and recovered a bag carrying gold jewellery weighing about 1 kg 800 grams, a mobile and a packet of dry fruits from them.
The estimated value of the recovered gold was estimated at about Rs 86,40,000 / - (Rupees Eighty six lakh forty thousand).
On interrogating the criminal, Peetu Sheikh, told the police that two or three days ago, they had stolen jewellery shop after cutting the shutter of a gold shop near the bus stop in Delhi.
The said criminal has been released from jail a few days ago. The said train departed the destination at 01:56 am. On interrogating the criminal Peetu Sheikh, he also said that another criminal is going to Asansol by same train.
The said criminal was also investigated, but nothing was found, the said police.