2 arrested in Gujarat for attempt to derail train, then loot passengers
2 months, 3 weeks ago

2 arrested in Gujarat for attempt to derail train, then loot passengers

Hindustan Times  

Gujarat police have arrested two for trying to sabotage a passenger train by placing an iron slab on the tracks in Botad district. "The Okha-Bhavnagar passenger train passing through Ranpur police station limits in Botad district hit a four feet-long piece of old rail placed on the track next to cement sleepers around 3 am," Superintendent of Police, Botad, Kishor Baloliya, said. Sabotage Investigation Investigations revealed that two accused, Ramesh and Jayesh, conspired to loot passengers' belongings after the train's potential derailment. They had conspired to loot money and other belongings of the passengers after the train would have derailed in the nearby fields," Kishor Baloliya said.

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