GRP Bhopal has successfully arrested a gang of three members for robbing passengers who provided eatables laced with intoxicants, said SP Bhopal Railway Manoj Kumar Rai on Sunday.
He further added that the gang had also killed a 20-year-old Betul after robbing his valuables on 8 April.
The accused were identified as Krishnakant Verma alias Pappu, Vijay Bakoria, Amit Bakoria and Yogesh Mehra of Sehore who killed and robbed Santosh Saawle of Betul. On May 9, a body was found near railway tracks at Ganjbasoda who was identified as Santosh Saawle of Betul. The family members told the police that the deceased boarded Dakshin Express train to Bhopal from Multai on May 8 and later he was found dead on May 9. The family members told the police that the deceased was having a mobile phone, wearing a gold ear ring, silver chain and a wallet which were missing.
The post-mortem report revealed that the deceased died of poisoning after which a case of murder was registered and in the further investigation police traced the mobile phone of the deceased which was sold by the main accused at Rs 4000 to Sehore based Amit Bakoria.
Amit confessed buying of mobile phone from Krishnakant through Vijay. Krishnakant is serving jail in a similar case registered by Bhopal GRP.
SHO GRP Bhopal Hemant Shrivastava said that the further investigation has been started after the murder case was solved. The death occurred due to poisoning.
Police are yet to establish the link that the accused pushed the deceased out of the speeding train after taking the valuables or alighted off the train along with the deceased and later escaped with the valuables leaving the deceased at the spot, he added.