CB­CID Cracks Salem Train Robbery Case
The Hindu|August 27, 2018

MP gang behind ₹5.75 crore loot

S. Vijay Kumar
CB­CID Cracks Salem Train Robbery Case

In a major breakthrough, the Crime Branch CID of the Tamil Nadu police has cracked the sensational train heist case in which ₹5.75 crore cash  assigned  to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was looted from a moving train a couple of years ago.

The unprecedented train robbery occurred on the Salem­-Chennai Express on the night of August 8, 2016, after a gang broke into the parcel van  containing ₹342 crore of soiled but usable currency, and took away ₹5.75 crore. 

The stolen money was in ₹500 and ₹1,000 denomination notes that were later demonetised. The gang cut through the roof of the train making an  opening measuring 2 ft by 1.5 ft. 

Technical evidence

After months of strenuous investigation hit a dead end, a special team of the CBCID that was consistently tracking different leads finally hit upon technical evidence that led to the breakthrough. Sources in the agency told  The Hindu on Sunday that a gang of criminals from Madhya Pradesh was involved in the heist. 

It was technical evidence coupled with months of meticulous investigation that led the police to crack the train robbery and nail the gang in the case. 

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