Maharashtra: Two held for thefts onboard express trains; valuables worth Rs 4.14 lakh recovered

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The Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested two persons in connection with a series of thefts onboard express trains and recovered stolen valuables worth Rs 4.14 lakh in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.

The GRP's crime branch last week nabbed the accused Dinesh Ganpat Ninave and Santosh Prasannakumar Choudhari, both aged 35, in connection with a theft onboard an express train at Kalyan in May, the official told the PTI.

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Following interrogation, the police recovered 51 gm of gold, five mobile phones and a tablet valued at Rs 4.14 lakh from the duo, he said.

The duo were history-sheeters and were involved in five cases of thefts onboard trains, the official added, according to the PTI.

Meanwhile, last week, the Government Railway Police had on Wednesday claimed to have detected at least seven cases of thefts on long-distance trains with the arrest of three persons, a release said, the PTI had earlier reported.

As per the GRP release, someone stole a purse belonging to a family travelling from Madgaon to New Delhi by the Ernakulam-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express on April 12. The purse contained jewellery worth Rs 36,500, it had said, as per the PTI.

A special investigation team (SIT) probing into the crime learnt that three persons would target passengers on mail and express trains and that they were in the coastal district of Ratnagiri, the news agency had earlier reported.

GRP recently arrested the trio, identified as 28-year-olds Ramishwar Kumar Nandlal Sahani, Khublal Kailas Mahto and Binod Sonaram Mahto, from Ratnagiri and recovered gold jewellery, 17 mobile phones, a TV and cash worth Rs 8.58 lakh from them, the release said.

With their arrest, the GRP said it detected at least 7 such cases, including four registered at the Panvel railway police station.

The trio also committed thefts on trains within the limits of Ratnagiri rural and Kerala's Thrissur Kottayam districts, the release said.

In an another incident earlier this month, the GRP had on August 21 arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly kidnapping a teenage girl whom he befriended on a social media platform, the GRP had said.

The incident took place at Kalyan station in Maharashtra's Thane district on August 18. The 17-year-old girl was later rescued and the man was arrested on charges of kidnapping her, the GRP had said in a release.

(with PTI inputs)