Ninety bars of silver, each weighing one kilogram, were found hidden under a seat in a general coach of the Samata Express at Jhansi railway station in Uttar Pradesh. The silver was discovered during a search operation. A young man has been detained for questioning. The silver was being transported from Nagpur to Agra.
The Samata Express, which departed from Nagpur and was headed to Nizamuddin, arrived in Jhansi at 11 am on Wednesday. During a search operation in a general coach, two suspicious sacks and a bag were found hidden under a seat. Security personnel were astonished when they opened the sacks to find 90 silver bars. The bag contained a large quantity of anklets.
When the young man seated on the seat was asked to produce relevant documents, he could not. Subsequently, security personnel detained him. The Government Railway Police (GRP), in the presence of commercial tax officials, weighed the silver, which totalled 90.5 kilograms. The apprehended young man, Rahul, stated that he was transporting the silver from Nagpur to Agra.
Published on:
06 Mar 2025 12:26 pm