Jewellery worth Rs 3.56 lakh stolen from two women on Sanghamitra, Rajdhani Express trains

Two cases of theft on moving trains have come to light in Central Railway's Nagpur division. One occurred in the first AC coach of the Bengaluru-Danapur Sanghamitra Express and the other in coach B4 of the Nizamuddin-Secunderabad Rajdhani Express. In both, gold jewellery went missing from the necks of women passengers. The two complaints put the total value of the stolen jewellery at Rs 3.56 lakh.

The first case concerns train number 12295 Sanghamitra Express. Sonmati Kumari Raj Kishor (22), a resident of Chetpet, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), said in her complaint to the GRP that she was travelling to Patna with her husband and in-laws to celebrate Diwali and Chhath. The whole family boarded the train in first AC at Perambur station. At around 10 pm, all of them ate and went to sleep.

Sonmati woke at around 8.10 am, 10 minutes before the train reached Nagpur station. She found that the gold mangalsutra, weighing about 12 grams, that she had been wearing around her neck was gone. When a long search turned up nothing, she concluded that an unknown accused had entered the cabin at night and taken it off her neck. The complaint values it at Rs 2 lakh.

Sonmati did not complain immediately. About 10 days later, on returning from Bihar, she filed a complaint with the Itarsi GRP. The FIR was sent from there to the Nagpur GRP. The investigation is on.

The second case concerns train number 12438 Rajdhani Express. Chetna Tukaram Soyam (39), a resident of Bhausingh, Arni, was travelling from Nizamuddin to Nagpur on berth number 27 in coach B4. She woke when the train reached platform number 2 at around 4.45 am.

On waking, she found that the gold chain and locket she had been wearing around her neck were missing. She says someone took advantage of her deep sleep to steal both items. According to the complaint, the chain is worth Rs 1.30 lakh and the locket Rs 26,000, bringing the total value of the stolen jewellery to Rs 1.56 lakh.

The GRP has registered a case and begun an investigation in this matter too. No information has emerged so far about the identification or arrest of any accused in either incident.