India News | Five Held for Snatching Bags, Phones from Train Passengers in Jamshedpur
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Five members of a gang involved in snatching mobile phones, bags, and wallets from passengers on moving trains were arrested here, police said on Saturday.
Jamshedpur, Apr 27 (PTI) Five members of a gang involved in snatching mobile phones, bags, and wallets from passengers on moving trains were arrested here, police said on Saturday.
Addressing a press conference, SP (city) Mukesh Kumar Lunayat said following complaints, a police team was formed to apprehend the gang members.
Acting on intelligence inputs, raids were conducted in Bagbera locality here on Friday leading to the arrest of Vijay Kumar Sahu alias Kala Til (23), Sonu Kumar (28), Rajnish Kumar Gupta alias Modi (25), Sagar Yadav (22), and Rikki Kumar Chandravansi (22), Lunayat said.
Police recovered four stolen mobile phones and two SIM cards from them, he added.
According to Lunayat, the arrested youths typically targeted passengers sitting near the doors of train compartments and snatched their belongings while the train was in motion.
He added that Rajnish, Vijay and Sonu had prior criminal records.
All the accused were remanded to judicial custody following registration of a case against them, Lunayat said.
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