THREE ARRESTED WITH A BRN BRIDGE STOLEN FROM A TRM RAKE

THREE ARRESTED WITH A BRN BRIDGE STOLEN FROM A TRM RAKE

12-MARCH-ENG 1

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

BHABHUA------------------------Two months ago, a BRN bridge, estimated to be worth over ₹3 lakh, was stolen from a TRM rake using a cement sleeper replacement machine at Karmanasha station. A case was registered at the Railway Protection Force post in Sasaram under Section 3 of the Railway Property (Illegal Possession) Act against unknown persons.

During the investigation, information was received from a confidential source that three thieves from Larma village, located north of Karmanasha station, were planning to remove the stolen goods between Tuesday and Wednesday midnight and would remove them from their hiding place tonight.

On the above information, a team was formed under the leadership of Inspector Sasaram Sanjeev Kumar and Inspector CBI DDU Arjun Yadav in which Sub Inspector Ram Ji Lal Bunkar, Constable Abhishek Kumar, Constable Cancer Jamal Khan, Inspector Anil Haq Khan, all from OP Bhabhua, Sub Inspector Dilip Kumar, Constable Pankaj Kumar Singh, all from RE Sub Post Sasaram, Sub Inspector Satish Kumar, Inspector Vinod Kumar, Inspector Subhash Rai, Inspector Bhim Kumar, Constable Awadhesh Kumar, all from CBI DDU were formed and started ambush watch at night around the road and pond situated north of Karmanasha station. During this it was seen that 03 persons, hiding in the darkness of the night in a suspicious condition, started taking out a long and heavy iron from the pond situated north of DFCCI's Km No. 90/28-30, north of Karmanasha station and started taking it away. Then when the suspicion was confirmed, those 3 persons were asked to stop, then all three threw the iron and ran away. It was found that all three were chased and caught. On questioning the above three, they gave their names and addresses as Shashikant Kumar alias Khabbi, age 26 years, father-Late Nandu Ram, Chhotu Paswan, age 30 years, father-Late Babhuti Paswan, both from village-Larma, police station-Durgwati, district Kaimur and Ujjwal Kumar, age 19 years, father-Munna Ram, village-Ghatav, police station Kudra, district Kaimur and said that Ujjwal Kumar and Shashikant Kumar were brothers-in-law. All three were said to be residing in Larma village situated north of Karmanasha station. When asked about the heavy iron, the three men revealed that about a month and a half to two months ago, before Makar Sankranti, they had stolen a BRN bridge from a TRM rake parked on the loop line, dismantling it, and hiding it in a pond north of the railway line. They hadn't retrieved it due to the RPF's extensive search and raids in the village. They had come to retrieve it today after the situation had calmed down, hoping to sell it and enjoy themselves by consuming marijuana and alcohol. The recovered material was subsequently seized on the spot, and the three accused were arrested and brought to the Railway Sub-Post, Sasaram. They will be presented before the Honorable Court in Gaya in due course.