Dimapur, April 3 (EMN): The Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel of N.F. Railway have successfully arrested 23 criminals on charges of theft of passenger belongings during the period from January to March this year.
According to an update from the chief public relations officer, NF Railway in Maligaon, the arrested criminals also include druggists who used to drug passenger on various pretext and loot their belongings.
In one such incident on March 30 at about 10 am, a joint team of Crime Prevention & Detection Squad (CPDS) and Crime Investigation Branch (CIB) from RPF/Katihar conducted a special drive at Katihar Railway station with active support from GRP/Katihar. During the special drive the team arrested three persons, namely Kartik Mahto, aged about 35 years, Sovind Kumar, aged about 25 years, and Aman Kumar, aged about 18 years. Gold and silver ornaments worth INR 1, 50,000, three mobile phones, six trolley bags, five backpacks, INR 80,000 in cash and Aadhar Cards which were stolen from railway passengers were recovered from the arrested person.
All the arrested persons with seized materials were later handed over to OC/GRP/Katihar who registered a case vide No.29/2019 dated March 30 u/s 379/411/414/34 IPC and 137/147 Railway Act.
It may be mentioned here that during the year 2018, Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel of N.F. Railway successfully arrested 118 criminals on charges of drugging and theft of passenger belongings throughout N.F. Railway.
