Vijayawada, Jan. 30 -- In a significant breakthrough on Thursday, the Government Railway Police (GRP) in Vijayawada arrested three dacoits and recovered Rs64 lakhs in cash, stolen from a gold merchant.

The theft occurred on January 25 aboard the Chennai Express, when Rajesh Jain, a gold merchant from Rajahmundry, reported the theft of his cash bag and the GRP swiftly tracked down the suspects within three days.

GRP Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ratna Raju, shared that the police acted swiftly by deploying three teams to trace the suspects. Within just three days, the GRP successfully arrested three individuals involved in the crime, including the mastermind, Sai Krishna, on January 28.

The investigation revealed that the gang had em...