Hyderabad: Two arrested by Railway Police for stealing gold from train passengers

The Government Railway Police Secunderabad arrested two persons for allegedly stealing gold ornaments from passengers travelling on the Nanded Express. Gold worth Rs 25 lakh was recovered from the accused, who were caught after getting down at Cherlapally station.

Hyderabad: The Government Railway Police Secunderabad on Thursday arrested two persons who had allegedly stolen gold ornaments from the bags of passengers in a moving train. The police recovered gold ornaments valued at Rs 25 lakh from them.

The arrested are Kokila Maniraju alias Mani (39), a resident of Karnataka, and S Dina (27), a resident of Vellore district in Tamilnadu.

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According to the police, the duo had booked two seats on the Nanded Express on December 2 and boarded the train at Vishakhapatnam. “While the passengers were asleep at night, they opened the bags of two women passengers and took away gold ornaments,” said S N Jawed, DSP, Government Railway Police.

After stealing the gold ornaments, the duo got down from the train at Cherlapally station and escaped. On a complaint, the railway police registered a case and, after identifying them, arrested the accused. The stolen property was recovered from them.