The Government Railway Police (GRP), Bhopal, busted a gang of thieves and nabbed five miscreants involved in robberies and thefts of valuables from passengers on running trains. The police recovered valuables worth Rs 10 lakh from their possession.
The accused used chain pulling and angle cock (pressure joint between two coaches of a train and opening of which stops the train) for targeting the passengers and after the decelerating of the train they would snatch valuables from the passengers and would escape the spot.
The nabbed accused confessed that the passengers which were asleep at the time of halting of train near railway stations were easy targets and the miscreants would remove the valuables from the windows.The nabbed accused were identified as Sandeep alias Veeru Singh (25), Ashish alias Manja Gupta (22), Dharmendra alias Bhanja Gupta (25), Manoj Jogi (24) and Vijay alias Vijju Gupta (26) all residents of Satna.
The accused confessed 10 robberies and thefts in the past seven months and escaped with valuables worth Rs 10 lakh.
The main accused Ashish alias Manja was nabbed by special team in Bina GRP jurisdiction.
The gang targeted passengers of Bhopal, Bina, Gwalior, Morena, Amla, Itarsi, Satna, Katni areas and passengers of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh were targeted by the gang member.
Police said after the robbery on May 12, 2017 in Godwana Express near Agasodsod railway station by Ashish and other gang members and detained the train for around two hours.
During the investigation police have recovered goods and cash. The total valuables collected are worth Rs 10 lakh.