Chennai: Two men from Bihar, Ajit Bhagat, 21, and Sanjeev Kumar, 32, were arrested for posing as railway officials and cheating train passengers from North Indian states.Police said Rupesh Kumar, 24, from Bihar, who worked at a private dal company in Andhra Pradesh, had arrived at Perambur railway station on Sept 4 to travel to Bihar. The two men approached him and offered to arrange a reserved ticket to his native place. They took him to the Bandar Garden area in Perambur, where they snatched 2g of gold, worth ₹2.5 lakh, a mobile phone and ₹7,000 in cash before fleeing.Based on Rupesh’s complaint, police registered a case and arrested the duo. Inquiries revealed that the accused had used the same method to rob another person of ₹10,000 and a mobile phone.Police said the duo had targeted passengers from northern states in more than four such incidents. The arrested duo was produced before a court and remanded in judicial custody.
