Seven members of an inter-state gang were nabbed for their involvement in snatching purse from a 27-year-old married woman on April 6 near Itarsi railway station.
The police have recovered robbed valuables, arms and cutting tools said Superintendent of Police (Railways) TK Vidyarthi while speaking with media persons in the state capital on Thursday.
Vidyarthi said that the main accused Vikram Namdev tried to escape with the bag after snatching purse and later pushed the victim out of the train which injured the victim severely and her leg was amputated. Four live cartridges, six sharp-edged weapons, chain cutter and a screw driver were recovered along with the valuables robbed from the victims.
The gang has committed crimes in Maharahstra, Uttar Pradesd and Madhya Pradesh. The gang has confessed 11 robberies and burglaries.
Informing about the modus operandi SP Vidyarthi said that the accused used to target victims after the train decelerates and escape with valuables. Their main targets were women and in case if victims oppose they would use arms to threaten them.
They used to operate from a rented house in Jabalpur. The gang members have committed crimes in Igatpuri, Kalyanm Mumbai and Pune and have been booked for different crimes. A case under section 399,400 and 402 of the IPC was registered by the police.
Notably, a 27-year-old married woman lost one leg and valuables worth Rs 80000 after she was pushed out of the speeding Samta Express train while trying to save her purse from miscreant on April 6 near Itarsi railway station, incident surfaced after victim’s husband reached here at Hamidia Hospital late in the night on Saturday.
The victim was travelling with her two-year-old daughter Chanchal and brother S Kumar in Samta Express from Raipur to Nizamuddin. They were on berth number 71 and 72 in S-7 coach.