24 July,2026 08:21 AM IST | Mumbai | Abhitash Singh
The accused, Raghu Suman Khosla, 41. Pic/By Special Arrangement
Alert surveillance by the Panvel Railway Police led to the arrest of an interstate train robber and recovery of stolen gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 26.31 lakh. The arrest also helped police crack a railway theft case in Goa. The accused, Raghu Suman Khosla, 41, a resident of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, was apprehended on July 17 after he deboarded the Mangala Lakshadweep Express at Panvel railway station.
NB Yamgar, police inspector
âOur team noticed him behaving suspiciously while leaving the AC coach. The recovery has helped detect several railway theft cases'
Anti-theft surveillance personnel spotted Khosla hurriedly leaving an AC coach with a backpack, prompting officers to search him. The bag contained a large quantity of gold and silver jewellery. He was arrested and during interrogation, confessed to stealing passengers' bags from AC coaches on long-distance trains. Police said he is a habitual offender with 39 theft cases registered against him across different states.
Khosla's arrest also helped solve a theft reported by the Konkan Railway Police in Madgaon. In that case, complainant Jeril Scaria had reported that his wife's handbag containing gold and silver jewellery, and an iPhone, was stolen while the family was asleep aboard the Netravati Express during their journey from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai to Kerala.
