Bareilly Railway Police Nabs Notorious Criminal Drugging and Robbing Train Passengers
Byline: Firoz Khan
UP Bureau/haidar ali
Bareilly, Thursday: In a major breakthrough, the Government Railway Police (GRP) Bareilly has arrested a notorious criminal involved in drugging and looting train passengers. Acting under the directives of Superintendent of Police (Railways) Ashutosh Shukla, and the supervision of Deputy Superintendent of Police (Railways) Anil Kumar Verma, the operation was led by Inspector-in-Charge Sushil Kumar Verma and his team at the Bareilly Junction Railway Station.
During routine patrolling and checking on Platform No. 1, the GRP team apprehended a suspect identified as Wasim, son of Mohammad Haroon, resident of Nirmani village, Shahpur police station, Muzaffarnagar district. The 22-year-old was found in possession of 45 intoxicating tablets of Alprazolam 0.5 mg, a sedative commonly used to drug unsuspecting passengers before looting them.
Following the recovery, police registered a case under Crime No. 140/25, Sections 8/22 of the NDPS Act. During interrogation, the accused confessed to being involved in several previous incidents at both Bareilly Junction and Moradabad Junction, where he had used similar methods to rob travelers.
Police also recovered ₹9,450 in cash, linked to two earlier robbery cases — ₹3,200 related to Bareilly GRP and ₹6,250 connected to Moradabad GRP cases.
With the arrest of Wasim, GRP Bareilly successfully cracked both pending cases and sent the accused to jail.
The Railway Police has issued a public advisory urging passengers not to accept food or beverages from strangers while traveling and to immediately report any suspicious activities to railway security personnel.
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