The Government Railway Police (GRP) on Monday claimed to have solved two snatching incidents and one theft, which took place on board trains at the Chandigarh railway station, with the arrest of five men from Dhanas.
The GRP have also recovered ₹24,000 besides an iPhone from the men, identified as Vicky, Deepak, Mohammad Jawed, Sarvjeet and Gurjeet.
According to police, the five had most recently snatched ₹77,000 from a passenger on the Chandigarh-Lucknow Sadbhavna Express on Saturday. The suspects entered into an argument with Nanhe Ram, who belongs to Lucknow, before fleeing with his cash around 8:30pm on Saturday, said an investigating officer (IO).
