The consignee was apprehended and both the illegal goods and the individual were handed over to the Forest Department for further investigation and legal proceedings
The seized consignment is believed to have been smuggled under the guise of legitimate parcel bookings.
In a joint effort to curb illegal/smuggling activities in railway parcel transportation, a high-impact preventive check was conducted on Sunday at Mumbai Central station by the vigilance team of Western Railway.
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A joint operation at Mumbai Central led to the seizure of 92.9 kg of smuggled red sandalwood. The vigilance team discovered the illegal goods hidden in packages on the Jaipur-Mumbai Express. The consignee was arrested and the case was handed over to the Forest Department.
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The strenuous check carried out for more than 12 hours in the leased parcel van of train no 12956 Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Express resulted in the detection of four suspicious packages containing 15 wooden logs of red sandalwood, weighing a total of 92.9 kg. The seized consignment is believed to have been smuggled under the guise of legitimate parcel bookings.
The consignee was apprehended and both the illegal goods and the individual were handed over to the Forest Department for further investigation and legal proceedings.
Railway employee beaten and looted at Kasara, RPF officials save him
A railway employee was allegedly beaten, looted and was later dumped in the bushes at Kasara in Maharashtra, the officials said, adding that the Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials later saved him.
They said that in a heroic act of teamwork, the Central Railway RPF team at Kasara came together to save the life of a railway employee who had been brutally attacked and left unconscious near the railway tracks.
The officials said that on the morning of January 1, 2025, the RPF Post at Kasara received a distress message from Ankit Garg, Senior Section Engineer/Permanent Way. The message indicated that a person had fallen near pole no. 110/42 along the railway tracks. The team immediately swung into action, led by RPF Sub-Inspector Ram Lakhan Kumar, who rushed to the location with his team.
They said that upon reaching the site, the team found an unconscious man lying near the tracks. Without wasting a moment, they carefully transported the the person to the hospital.
The person was later identified as Somnath Eknath Shinde, a railway employee working as a Track Maintainer in Bhandup Unit No. 1, He was in critical condition at the time of his rescue by the RPF team.
After completing the necessary formalities, the RPF team carried out a routine check of Shinde's bag, which helped them identify. Shinde revealed that he had been returning home after finishing his duty. He had gotten off at Umbarmali station and was standing on the highway when he was suddenly attacked and robbed by unidentified persons. The attackers brutally beat him before abandoning him near the railway pole. The medical examination revealed internal injuries, and his family was promptly informed about the incident, an official said.
The RPF team, led by Sub-Inspector Ram Lakhan Kumar, Head Constable Santosh Bagul, and the Vehicle Driver Mahipal Pandit, have been praised by railway officials for saving the life of the injured person.
