Government Railway Police (GRP) Bhopal arrested two miscreants involved in thefts in trains and burglaries in deserted placed near railway premises and recovered valuables worth Rs 6 lakh, accused was wanted in two cases.
The nabbed accused were identified as Naresh alias Chhotu Kewat (19) and Dileep Mishra (24) of Raisen.
Providing the modus operandi police said that the accused revealed that they would passengers in the night and when the victim would asleep, he would escape with the goods of the victims. The accused revealed that they targeted three passengers in the past two years.
During the investigation, police found that the accused were absconding from the year 2019. Naresh has been booked for six crimes by Kotwali police Raisen and was absconding in two cases.
Police have recovered jewellery weighing 120 gm of gold and 300 gm of silver worth Rs 6 lakh.
The accused revealed that they targeted a house in Railway Colony Bhopal on April 12,2019 and on June 25, 2019 targeted a passenger in Pune Gorakhpur and August 8,2019 they targeted a lady passenger in Kushinagar Express and stole her purse.
The valuables in the three incidents have been recovered by the police and more recoveries are likely in the further investigation as the period during which the accused remained absconding is yet to be investigated.