A four-member gang of thieves of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh was nabbed by GRP and Raliway Police Force (RPF) Bhopal on Tuesday; accused was nabbed after they stole bags from waiting room of Bhopal railway station in the wee hours on Monday.
Police said that the gang members used to steal bags and valuables while changing clothes using ‘lungi’ in the waiting room of the railway station. They were nabbed after complaints were made by passengers on Monday after their bags went missing and when they approached the police and lodged a complaint. Based on the complaint in the investigation when the CCTV footages were searched it was found that the bags were stolen by the accused and were identified by the victims.
The police were successful after a complaint of theft of Rs 18000 from waiting room of Bhopal railway station was lodged by a passenger with the RPF and based on the complaint during the investigation when the CCTV footages were searched the accused were identified and were successfully nabbed.
The nabbed accused were identified as Rajbahadur Verma , Munna Verma, Arjun Verma and Triloki Verma.
The accused were on their way to Ujjain to commit thefts and stealing targeting the number of devotees during the Simhasta Kumbh but before they could left for Ujjain they were nabbed by the police.
Police have started investigation and claimed that more details of the stealing on their way to Bhopal would be revealed in the further investigation.