Three held for placing iron gate on railway track

Lucknow: Sushant Golf City police on Thursday arrested three suspects believed to have placed a heavy iron gate on railway track near Chaudhary Kheda railway crossing , posing a major risk to train operations.

The arrests came two days after a written complaint was filed by Anil Kumar Pandey, station supervisor, reporting the obstruction of train movement due to the placement of an iron gate on the railway line. A case was registered under Sections 151 and 153 of the Railway Act.

On Apr 24, acting on a tip-off from an informant, a police team located and arrested three individuals, identified as Chet Ram Rawat alias Chhotu (30), Gulab Chandra Yadav alias Nakka (32), and Lavkush Rawat (30).

DCP south zone, Nipun Agarwal, said that during interrogation, the accused admitted to stealing a newly installed iron gate from a boundary wall behind Sector I in the Tulsani area.

"While attempting to transport the stolen gate at night, they tried to cross a railway track. Upon hearing an approaching train, they panicked and abandoned the gate on the tracks before fleeing the scene," he said.

The case has now been escalated with additional charges under Sections 303(2), 317(2), and 324(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with the existing provisions of the Railway Act.