Six members of interstate gang were nabbed by Government Railway Police (GRP) Bhopal and valuables worth Rs 7 lakh were recovered from their possession. Around 15 crimes were confirmed by the nabbed accused.
According to the police the six member gang including a woman was active in three states. During the investigation gang members revealed that the main accused Raghu Khosla was the mastermind and has trained several members of the gang who are operating across the country in the form of different gangs. Two women members Rehana alais Nupur and Jiya of Delhi are still at large who have accompanied the accused while traveling and committing crime.
The main accused is still at large and a cash reward of Rs 15000 has been declared on Raghu Khosla. The accused used to live in Delhi and used to commit crime in MP, Agra, Delhi, Mumbai, Pathankot and other places. They used to target trains stationed at platforms by formally acquiring reservations in the trains. Accused were identified as Shivam Sharma (lucknow), Javed Khaliq (UP), Parvez (Bihar), Riyazzudin (Delhi) and Naushad (Delhi). The woman gang member Moni Singh alias Sushma Singh was nabbed from lucknow.
Accused have committed 11 crimes in Bhopal, 2 in Itarsi and 2 in Gwalior. Three motorbikes, mobile phones, cameras, lCD’s, two gold chains, two gold pendants, gold earring and four gold bangles. They have also confessed stealing 15 laptops and several mobile phones from different parts of the country and used to sell the electronic goods in the Delhi and lucknow.
The valuables were recovered from Delhi and along with the stolen valuables goods purchased by the accused with the stolen money. With the stolen money accused bought motorbikes, lCD’s and other luxury items. Providing the modus operandi police told that the accused due to board AC coach of Delhi trains and would target the passengers who were not cautious in regarding their belongings. They used laser torch to check that the passenger is sleeping and after confirming would steal the valuables.