Ghaziabad: In the past one week, the Ghaziabad railway police has received six complaints of theft from passengers of different trains. In the latest complaint, a manager of a private company in Noida has alleged that a bag containing jewellery worth Rs 6 lakh and Rs 50,000 in cash was stolen when she was travelling along with her father and children in the second-class coach of a train from Prayagraj.
Ankita Singh, the complainant, said she took the Prayagraj Special to Ghaziabad on April 11. Around 5am the next day, she checked her bag when she reached Khurja railway station but found it missing. "When I reached Ghaziabad, I filed a complaint with Ghaziabad railway police," she said.
Amiram Singh, the SHO of Ghaziabad railway police station, said, “We received a complaint from Ankita on April 12. On the basis of the complaint, an FIR has been lodged against unidentified persons under Section of 380 (theft) of the IPC. An investigation is underway.”
In a similar incident, Gurgaon resident Ruchika Reshu found her suitcase missing when her train reached Ghaziabad on April 9. She was travelling on the Vaishali Special train from Bihar to New Delhi.
“In all cases, an FIR has been lodged and a team has been formed. We suspect that a gang is active on trains headed to other places via Ghaziabad,” SHO Singh said.