The CCTV footages helped the railway police to nab two chain-snatchers while they were trying to snatch gold-chain from a lady passenger at platform No 4 in Tatanagar railway station around mid-night. After the Tatanagar railway station installed CCTV cameras a few months back, this was the first time that the railway police succeeded in detecting the crime. Those arrested have been identified as Arif Hussain (35) and Sanjay Behra (25), both residents of Chakulia in Ghatshila sub-divisions of East Singhbhum.
According to police, a middle-aged woman was waiting for the Pune-bound Howrah-Pune Azad Hind Express at the Tatanagar station since around mid-night. While waiting for the train, the woman was strolling on the platform No 4. The police said two persons were trying to follow her. As the duo tried to come closer to the woman, she felt something wrong and stopped strolling having sensed some trouble.
The railway police arrived at the scene only after going through the footage of CCTV camera in the control room of the Railway administrative building. From the monitor of the CCTV, the railway police had immediately passed the information to their fellow cops who in turn reached the spot and nabbed the culprits.
The superintendent of railway police, Mritunjay Kishore confirmed that the two who were nabbed from the platform No 4 around midnight. The SRP pointed out that during the interrogation the arrested persons confessed that they were professional chain-snatchers and have committed a number of such crime at other railway stations and also in the city earlier.