Gaya: Even five months after an employee of a gold dealer was robbed of nearly 1 kg of gold during a train journey, the Govt Railway Police (GRP) are yet to arrest four absconding constables allegedly involved in the crime. The GRP said on Monday that the investigation was progressing “in a serious manner”, with raids underway to recover more than 950 grams of the looted gold and nab the accused.Responding to allegations of a bid to cover up the case to protect the accused policemen, GRP superintendent of police, Anant Kumar Rai, denied the claims. He told this newspaper that departmental proceedings have been initiated against the GRP personnel accused in the gold loot case.The robbery took place on Nov 21, 2025, when Dhanjay Shaswat, an employee of gold dealer Manoj Soni, was travelling in the general compartment of the Howrah–Jodhpur Superfast Express between Koderma in Jharkhand and Gaya. He was carrying about one kilogram of gold, which investigators said was looted with the involvement of GRP personnel.More than a week later, an FIR was lodged following the intervention of Khagaria MP Rajesh Verma and on the complaint of Gaya GRP SHO Rajesh Kumar Singh. During investigation, the rail DSP unearthed evidence pointing to the SHO and four constables, who were later named as accused. The SHO was later arrested and placed under suspension.Based on the DSP’s report, additional sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including 308, 351, 281, 197 and 107, along with sections 7 and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, were added. The first investigating officer, Virendra Prasad, was found to have a questionable role, suspended, and the probe was handed over to a special investigation team (SIT).The SIT found eight people involved, including five policemen. Gold dealer Mohit Kumar was arrested after partial recovery of the looted gold, which was allegedly cut into pieces at the business premises of another accused, Perwez, who later surrendered in court. Anticipatory bail pleas of the four constables were rejected by the Gaya district court.
