Rigged Game: Railway Officer in Charge of ₹1.44 Cr Train Heist Case Arrested
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A shocking twist has emerged in the ₹1.44 crore train gold heist case, where a passenger was robbed of gold biscuits worth ₹1.44 crore after four men dressed as police constables allegedly took them from him on a train in November. The case took a dramatic turn when the station house officer (SHO) of the GRP police station, Rajesh Kumar Singh, was arrested in connection with the crime. According to the investigation, gold trader Manoj Soni had entrusted his staffer Dhananjay Shashwat with carrying the gold biscuits on the Howrah-Bikaner-Jodhpur Express. However, four men posing as police constables allegedly boarded the train at Gaya junction and stole the gold. The men then broke the gold into pieces and returned Shashwat to the train, where he eventually reached Howrah. The investigation initially focused on the four constables, who were suspended and later went missing. However, doubts crept in when Soni refused to accept Shashwat's account of the robbery and filed a complaint alleging that his staffer may have been complicit. The case was later reopened, and technical evidence, including call detail records and tower location, revealed the involvement of Singh and the four suspended constables. Singh was summoned to Patna and questioned for nearly eight hours before being arrested. Investigators believe that Singh and the four constables, Karan Kumar, Abhishek Chaturvedi, Ranjay Kumar, and Anand Mohan, had approached Soni with an offer to return the gold biscuits, but Soni did not accept. The police are now searching for the goldsmith who allegedly broke the biscuits and the driver of the Bolero jeep used to transport the group. The case has raised questions about the involvement of a larger crime nexus operating along the Grand Chord Line, a busy corridor known for the movement of high-value metals by train. The investigation is ongoing, and several officials, including the Gaya Rail deputy superintendent of police, are facing scrutiny for their alleged laxity in handling the case.
