The Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Tuesday night arrested seven miscreants, including three transgenders, on the charge of committing a dacoity in the running Howrah-bound Madras Mail. The accused were identified as Pankaj Yadav, Rakesh Yadav, Narendra Singh, Sambhuprakash Bhoi and transgenders lovely, Ruksan and Ragini.
According RPF Officer-in-Charge Azmin Mirza, the accused belong to Sambalpur, Titilagarh and Jharsuguda and they were caught while fleeing with cash of Rs 69,000, three knives, three wrist watches, 11 mobile handsets and a screw driver.
They had looted the passengers of an unreserved compartment of the train between Bahanaga and Khantapara. “After committing the crime they alighted from the train pulling the chain. Subsequently, they fled from Khantapara after catching a truck to Markona, where they were caught.