Railway Protection Forces (RPF) recovered a huge amount of money at Hatia Police Station on Saturday. A total of Rs 50 lakh was recovered by RPF.
Hatia RPF Police Station In charge, Ajay Kumar Singh informed on Sunday a team of RPF was on special drive conducted under Railway Act. “During the course of drive, raid party detained two persons namely Kamlesh Singh, age about 52 Years, Son of Late Keshwar Singh, resident of Village Sanya, Police Station Piro, District Bhojpur, Bihar and working address, Baldeo Shahoo and Sons Company, Sambalpur in Odisha and Sachidanand Singh, age about 50 Years, son of Late Kedar Singh, Resident of Village, Ajab Bigha, Police Station, Deo, District- Aurangabad, Bihar working address, Baldev Shahoo and Sons Company, Sambalpur in Odisha while crossing the railway track near carriage depot Hatia they stopped by the RPF,” said Singh.
“Both of them were exiting from Hatia Railway station by not a valid way. Then the RPF started searching their bags then they found that huge amount of money in the bags. Then RPF personnel started counting the notes then they found that it a total of Rs 50 lakh. Then a case was filed agaist them under Railway Act and the Force given information to Income Tax Department about the incident. Deputy Director of Income Tax Department reached Hatia Railway station and he also started investigation on the issue. He seized the total amount,” said Singh.
Both of them were working as Guard at Baldeo Sahoo and Sons Company at Sambalpur in Odhisa and in preliminary investigation they said that the money they were carrying belonged to the Company, said Singh.
Meanwhile similar incident happened at Dhanbad railway station when a cache of arms was recovered while they were being smuggled in a bag to Munger in Bihar on Saturday late night. The Railway Police arrested a person named Shyam Kumar Gupta and recovered 18 pistols and 36 magazines from his bag. The railway police are interrogating Gupta after taking him in custody here on Saturday night, said SRP Deepak Sinha.