The railway police on Thursday nabbed two women and recovered from them stolen goods at the Tatanagar railway station . The thieves were identified as Aarik Meera alias Jyoti Ray and Mina Khatoon, both residents of Kharagpur in Bengal.
The railway police have recovered stolen goods like ‘Mangal Shutra’, gold-chains, ear-rings and a purse containing Rs 600 from the possession of those arrested.
Superintendent of railway police, Mohammed Arshi said that acting on a tip off the thieves were nabbed.
"We had set up a special team led by deputy superintendent of police (railway) Christopher Karketta this morning. The team started searching for the lady thieves at the platforms. While checking at the platforms, the team came across two ladies who were in the mid thirties moving suspiciously. On being asked, one of the ladies, Aarik said they were from Kharagpur. On getting to know they had come from Kharagpur, the police became alert. During the search, the police got several gold and silver ornamnents and also Mangal Shutras in the luggage of the two women," said Arshi.
"After we grilled them, both Aarik and Mina confessed that they had stolen the ornaments from the passengers' purse at the Tatanagar station. The passengers used to nap while waiting for trains in the night, they used to commit the theft,” said Arshi.The superintendent of railway police said for confirmation about information that the two women had come to Tatanagar station three days, they searched the CCTV camera footage and found the tip off to be true.