Rourkela, March 22 -- The Railway Protection Force (RPF) busted a gang of thieves and arrested three persons including the key accused involved in robberies and thefts from trains at Rourkela Railway Station yesterday.

The Rourkela GRP also seized Rs 2.23 crore cash from possession of the prime accused identified as Rajan Srivastav of Ranchi and his two associates.

The inter-state train robbers' gang was busted following two robbery cases were registered at GRP Ahmedabad and GRP Howrah on Jan 23 and March 3 respectively.

According to reports, the accused robbers had looted a trolley bag containing gold jewelries and other valuables worth Rs 2.79 lakh from a passenger travelling on Howrah-Porbandar Express (2906) AC Class on January 19 ...