From "The Telegraph"
Patna, Aug. 12: Gang lords have put together a well-oiled network of criminals and accomplices to strike terror on trains criss-crossing Bihar’s badlands.
Sources said that like jurisdiction of police officials, gang lords also have their own turf marked out within which they operate. They have also mutually decided not to encroach upon another’s territory.
An investigation into the series of robberies in passenger trains in Bihar has revealed that on an average, 15 gangs are involved in these audacious raids.
“Each gang has its own jurisdiction. They normally don’t encroach on another’s territory,” said an inspector-rank officer, who was earlier posted with the Government Railway Police (GRP). He said every gang has at least 10 members. “The number of members may go up to 25-30,” he said.
The modus operandi of the gangs is simple and much the same. They have developed close links with unauthorised vendors who have easy access to the trains. “The alarm chains are pulled by the vendors moving in trains. As soon as the train stops, the members of the gang attack the coaches,” said an investigating officer on condition of anonymity.
Even some railway officials are suspected to have links with these gangs. A police officer recalled that a cabinman posted at Jhajha was arrested for his proximity to some gangs a few years ago. During investigation, it came to light that the cabinman flashed the red light to slow down a running train near the outer cabin to help the robbers get on board.
Some of the gang lords have also employed women, who travel in air-conditioned coaches like bona fide passengers and provide information about the movement of securitymen inside.
According to sources in the state police headquarters, the gangs led by Azmera Khan and Nepalia mainly operate on the mainline of East Central Railway. “Their jurisdiction starts from Mughalsarai and stretches to Buxar-Ara,” the police officer said. He added that the gang led by Nepalia is considered among the most dangerous in the business.
The two gangs, involved in over two dozen dacoities in both passenger and express trains, are equipped with sophisticated weapons.
Similarly, gangs led by Makeshwar Yadav, Sanjay Yadav alias Bunty, Dipu Pandey, Ramesh Hembrum, Vijay, Kamdev Hazra, Karu Paswan and Dharma Paswan operate on the Mokama-Kiul, Jhajha-Jasidih and Jhajha-Asansol sections.
Another group led by Ram Naresh is active on the Patna-Mokama-Barauni section. Kameshwar’s father, Chandrika Yadav, also rang a similar outfit. After the death of his father, Makeshwar became the uncrowned king of his empire and his is the most dreaded gang active on the route.
Likewise, Illiyas Hussain alias Motu has its fiefdom spread over from Muzaffarpur to Samastipur. Hussain has thus far managed to evade the police dragnet though four members of his gang were arrested by the GRP.
Deepak Kumar of Chakmakrand (Vaishali) was involved in robberies on the Hajipur-Chapra route. Mukesh Tiwari of Goroul in Vaishali district had figured in a dacoity in a passenger train shuttling between Muzaffarpur and Gorakhpur.
A gang led by Bunty, son of a Bhagalpur doctor, was active on the Jamalpur-Bhagalpur route.
The close associates of slain gangster Satya Sonar are carrying out strikes on the Patna-Gaya and Danapur-Mughalsarai sections.
“The situation was so alarming that the government had to create the new post of ADG (rail) to check the activities of Sonar a few years ago. Sonar, a resident of Sadisopur near Patna, was later killed in a police encounter,” a senior IPS officer recalled.
Additional director-general of police (railways) Shafi Alam, who is camping at Kiul after two robberies were reported within 48 hours, said the gang involved in the raid on the Calcutta-Delhi dacoity Lal Quila Express had been identified.
“Raids are on to arrest the criminals involved,” he said, adding that night patrolling on the Jhajha-Jasidih section has been intensified.
Nitish Kumar cannot wash his hands for dacoities occurring in the railways.
Technically, he is correct since that is the job of the railway police who say they are in-charge of just the railway property.
Since these dacoits vanish into the surrounding landscape, it is Nitish Kumar's duty to nab them.
Bihar was infamous for kidnapping crimes.
Thanks to Nitish , that has more or less been controlled.
Now, unless Nitish takes proactive step to wipe out this new type of crime, Bihar will again go back to the bad state list
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