In a major operation, a team of Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths raided the yard of a scrap dealer based in Khamtarai locality of the city and seized stolen rail tracks worth Rs 50 lakh from the spot.
Four trucks besides another vehicle used for carrying rail tracks have also been seized, Additional SP (Crime) Shweta Sinha informed reporters here on Wednesday. Two persons identified as Abdul Jabbar, resident of Moudhapara and Rakesh Sahu of New Godawara have been arrested in this connection. CCB sleuths had inputs that some stolen railway tracks were brought in a yard located in Khamtarai. Accordingly a team of CCB personnel raided the yard of Abdul Jabbar in New Godawara and found that four trucks and a vehicle loaded with railway tracks were about to leave the yard.
Police further informed that about 20 quintals of iron tracks worth Rs 50 lakh were seized from their possession. Detailing about role of Rakesh Sahu, police said that Sahu is scrap dealer based in New Godwara and used to dispose off the stolen iron in the retail market. Police further said that possibility of their involvement in similar thefts of railway tracks cannot be ruled out, which in being investigated. The accused were presented in a local court that sent the duo to jail on judicial remand, police informed.