Two absconding gang members of dacoits involved in the robbing of the Jabalpur-Nizamuddin train were nabbed after an encounter near Mathura on Saturday. With the arrest of the two miscreants, the total number of arrests has gone up to six, of who were involved in robbing Madhya Pradesh’s Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya and his wife Sudha in Jabalpur-Nizamuddin train. Two advocates were also robbed in the incident.
According to the police, the nabbed accused are of Vishal Bawariya gang, which is an inter-state gang and operates in Haryana, Punjab and UP and have committed several crimes in these States. Superintendent of Police of Railway police in Agra Gopesh Nath Khanna said that acting on a tip-off regarding persons, who are planning of dacoity, teams were sent at Ajhai railway station in Mathura district, but spotting the police, they opened fire at police and in turn, police answered with counter attack.
Police were successful in nabbing two miscreants while others managed to escape in the low light. The search has been intensified and the remaining miscreants would be nabbed soon, he added. The two nabbed accused were identified as Rahul and Sunil have confessed that there are eight members in the gang and the main accused Vishal Bawariya and one other gang are still absconding while the six members have been nabbed by the police. Notably, on March 19, at around 4 am, 5-6 masked armed persons had entered AC 1 coach between Mathura and Koshi Kalan and robbed Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya and his wife Sudha along with two Jabalpur-based advocates of valuables worth Rs3 lakh.