On Saturday, RPF apprehended four accused, including two railway employees, in connection with the theft of railway property. The accused were caught while trying to steal signal wire near Natwan. One of the arrested individuals was a scrap dealer. The railway employees sold the stolen wires to the scrap dealer. The...
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RPF received a complaint about tampering with signal equipment and theft of 55 meters of cable on the Mirzapur-Prayagraj rail route. An RPF team was formed to investigate the case, which led to the arrest of Vikram Kumar Joshi, an employee in the signal department of Prayagraj, Ajay Kumar, a helper in the Mirzapur work department, and Sunil Kumar. During the arrest, 34 meters of signal cable and tools used for theft were recovered from the accused. Based on their statements, a scrap dealer named Sitaram was also arrested and 20 meters of stolen signal cable was recovered from his shop. Investigations revealed that the accused had stolen signal cables from eleven locations between Natwan, Gaipura, and Birohi.