Cash and other belongings of two MLAs from Maharashtra were allegedly stolen by unidentified persons when they were on-board different trains between Kalyan and Thane railway stations near Mumbai.
According to Hindustan Times, Congress MLA from Chikhli (Buldhana) Rahul Bondre, traveling on the Vidarbha express and Shiv Sena MLA from Mehkar Sanjay Raimulkar, who was on the Devagiri Express, have lodged complaints with the government railway police (GRP). According to Chikhli (Buldhana) MLA Bondre's complaint, when the Vidarbha Express halted on platform no.5 at Kalyan for some time, an unidentified person entered the AC bogie reserved for MLAs and fled with a purse his wife carried and a file containing documents. Bondre tried to chase the thief, but the latter managed to escape.
The other incident involving Mehkar (Buldhana) MLA Raimulkar took place on-board Devagiri Express between Kalyan and Thane railway stations when the Shiv Sena leader and his associates were on way to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) here from Jalna. Raimulkar told the Hindustan Times, “I was travelling on the Devagiri Express. When I woke up, around Rs 13,000 in cash and my mobile phone were missing. My bag had also been cut with a blade but nothing had been stolen from it.”
Hemant Bawdhankar, senior police inspector of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) GRP told the leading daily, “We had registered two cases of thefts on board the Vidharbha and Devagiri Express trains. As the incidents took place between Kalyan and Thane railway stations, we have transferred the cases to the respective GRP teams.”
