Bihar Thieves Dig A Tunnel In Railway Yard, Steal An Entire Diesel Engine Brought For Repair

In a case of bizarre theft, Bihar robbers stole an entire diesel engine of a train brought for repair. On Friday, police said that a diesel engine was stolen piece by piece from a railway yard in the Begusarai district of the state of Bihar.

The thieves supposedly dug a tunnel to the yard and started taking parts off of the engine that had been brought there for repairs. Eventually, the whole engine was stolen.?

"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. During the investigation, three people were arrested,"?said PS Dubey, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) inspector, Muzaffarpur.

Based on the information they gave during interrogation, he said that 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 added that a search is on for the owner of the scrap yard. He said that recovered items include engine parts, wheels from vintage train engines, and railroad parts made of heavy iron.?

"They had dug a tunnel to the railroad yard, and through it, they used to carry the locomotive parts and other items in sacks,"?said Dubey.

He said the gang also unbolts steel bridges and steals their parts.?

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Last year, a railway engineer at Samastipur Loco Diesel Shed was suspended after he allegedly sold off an old steam engine kept at the Purnea Court premises.

The engineer is said to have sold the engine with the help of other railway officials and security staff by using a fake letter from the divisional mechanical engineer of Samastipur.?

(With PTI inputs)

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