Thieves steal train engine from Bihar railway yard
The Hindu
They dug a tunnel to the yard and started stealing parts, slowly doing away with the entire engine brought there for repairs
An entire diesel engine was stolen part by part from a railway yard in Bihar's Begusarai district, police said on Friday.
The thieves dug a tunnel to the yard and started stealing parts, slowly doing away with the entire engine that was brought there for repairs, they said.
"Last week, a case was registered at the Barauni police station for the theft of a diesel engine brought for repairs to the Garhara yard. In the course of the investigation, three people were arrested," said P.S. Dubey, Inspector of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Muzaffarpur.
Based on the information given by them during interrogation, searches were conducted at a scrap godown in the Prabhat Nagar area of Muzaffarpur district and 13 sacks full of train parts were found, he said.
A search was on for the owner of the scrap godown, Mr. Dubey added.
Recovered items include engine parts, wheels of vintage train engines and railway parts made of heavy iron.
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