Gaya Ji jeweller arrested in Rs.1.44 crore train gold heist case, gold recovered
GAYA JI, Jan. 29 -- The Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested a jeweller and recovered part of the gold looted during a heist on the Howrah-Jodhpur Superfast Express during a raid late on Tuesday evening, officials said.
The arrested jeweller has been identified as Mohit Agarwal alias Golu, owner of a jewellery shop in the Tower Chowk locality under Kotwali police station limits in Gaya town. He was involved in purchasing and selling the looted gold, GRP officials said.
The incident took place on November 21, when Dhananjay Shashwat, a resident of Kasba in Purnia district and an employee of a West Bengal-based gold trader, was travelling in the AC-3 coach of the Howrah-Jodhpur Superfast Express. He was carrying gold worth approximately Rs.1.44 crore to be delivered to a party in Jaipur. Four persons wearing police uniforms boarded the train at Gaya station and looted the gold near Manpur station.
A case was later registered at GRP Gaya against unknown accused on November 29. Taking the matter seriously, superintendent of police (Rail), Patna, constituted a special investigation team (SIT) under DSP (Rail Headquarters) Bhaskar Ranjan to crack the case.
The SIT found that the conspiracy to loot the gold was hatched by the then Gaya GRP station house officer (SHO) Rajesh Kumar Singh along with four constables and some private individuals. The SHO and the constables were named in the case, suspended, and the SHO was subsequently arrested and sent to jail, Rail SP Anant Kumar Rai said.
Probe further revealed that the looted gold was cut into small pieces weighing about 100 grams by Vinod Barnwal at an ASM RO water plant owned by Parvez Alam in the Chakand area, for a charge of Rs.1,500. Both were arrested. As the SHO and other accused remained tight-lipped, the SIT relied on technical surveillance and ground intelligence to trace the looted gold....
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