Government Railway Police (GRP) Itarsi have arrested six miscreants and recovered valuables worth Rs 4.8 lakh from their possession on Friday.
Acting on a tip off,all the six miscreants were arrested when they were making a plan to commit a dacoity on running train.
Police said that the gang was involved in targeting passengers in moving trains as it could provide easy and safe escape for the gang members. The victims were targeted when they were in deep sleep and would escape with the valuables.
Arrested miscreants confessed that they were planning to target passengers whenever train halts near the railway station and during the time when the train would decelerate to halt at railway station. It must be written here that dacoity and crime on running trains have been a common phenomenon in this area.
They would target the women passengers as they find them vulnerable. As many as five women have filed complaints of robbery
The accused were identified as Jaheer(40) of Itarsi, Nasheer Shaikh (32) of Hoshangabad, Kamlesh(33), of Itarsi, Tilak (30) of Damoh, Moin Khan(35) of Harda, Shankar Jaiswal (21) of Hoshangabad while one of the accused Bharat is absconding.
During the investigation, it was found that the gang was involved in eight crimes near Itarsi railway station. More crimes would be revealed by the accused in the further investigation.
Details regarding disposal of stolen and robbed valuables would be made clear in the further investigation.