Four miscreants who were allegedly involved in robbing State’s Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya and his wife Sudha on March 19, 2015 in Jabalpur Nizamuddin train were arrested on Saturday, police said. Superintendent of Police of Railway police in Agra Gopesh Nath Khanna claimed that the four miscreants were arrested while planning to commit dacoity at platform number 8 of the Gwalior railway station.
The accused miscreants reportedly confessed that they along with 8-10 other accomplices had robbed passengers on Mathura-Koshi route and also confirmed robbery in Jabalpur-Nizamudding Express, besides GT Express. Several teams were formed and even sent to Faridabad, Bharatpur, Alwar, Morena, Gwalior, Jhansi, Nizamuddin, New Delhi, Goa and Bengarulu in this regard, the police officer said. It is an interstate robbery gang and after committing crime they used to disperse in other States.
The security personnel and coach attendant were learnt to have identified the miscreants. The four accused have been identified as Sukhvir alias Choutala of Bharatpur Rajasthan, Komal Singh of Mathura Uttar Pradesh, Ninnu alias Jitendra Mathura of Utttar Pradesh and Sonu Baghel alias Sone of Mathura Uttar Pradesh.
Police also recovered Rs3,550 from them. Notably, on March 19 at around 4 am around 5-6 masked armed persons had intruded the first class AC between Mathura and Koshi Kalan and robbed Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya and his wife Sudha along with two Jabalpur based advocates and decamped with valuables worth Rs3 lakh.
A case was registered by Nizamuddin railway on the victims’ complaint. Gold chain, gold finger ring, Rs20,000 cash and purse carrying Rs3,550 were robbed from Jayant Malaiya and his wife while from the advocates Abhijeet Thakur and Kamal Nayan Shroti were robbed of mobile phone, tablet phone, gold chain, gold bracelet and Rs11,000 cash.