The man would steal bags belonging to passengers in air-conditioned train coaches early in the morning; cops nabbed him after setting a trap
A thief with a penchant for leading a luxurious lifestyle will now have to spend his time in jail with none of these comforts.
Raghu Khosla stole from several places like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana
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The Kalyan Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested a man last week for stealing bags from long-distance trains. The Bhopal police, too, had declared a reward of Rs 15,000 for catching the man.
The accused, Raghu Suman Khosla (27), has several cases against him in Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Agra and Pathankot.
Cops said he took flights to the city to steal - he only targeted passengers of air-conditioned coaches of long-distance trains (see box for modus operandi). Kalyan station was his place of operation. Police said Khosla had a thing for branded products - he wore fancy jeans and shirts, designer shoes and caps.
Stealing from women
“Khosla never travelled in trains, since he earned a lot of money from his thefts. He would get down from the airport and take a Cool Cab to Kalyan railway station. Nobody suspected him to be a thief, since he was so well-dressed,” said D D Wadmare, senior police inspector, Railway Crime Branch.
He added that Khosla targetted women; he knew they kept a lot of valuables in their bags, which they kept under their pillows while sleeping. However, he never stole mobile phones. If he found a phone in a purse, he would drop it at the next station, to avoid being traced. Police would end up arresting the person who picked up the phone, not him.
Officials laid a trap for him after several passengers at Dadar complained that their bags were stolen. He was finally caught at Kalyan last week. Prabhat Kumar, the GRP commissioner, has declared a reward for the constables who nabbed Khosla.
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