Hyderabad : On March 31, 2024, a team led by SI Vikarabad RPS, under the directives of Mahesh M Bhagwat IPS, ADGP of Railways & Road Safety, Telangana State, and the supervision of Shaik Saleema IPS, Superintendent of Railway Police Secunderabad, achieved a significant breakthrough. While conducting frisking and checking on T.No. 11020 Konark Express, after it passed Vikarabad Railway station at approximately 1315 hours, suspicions were aroused by a bed roller found in the B-6 coach.
Upon investigation, two black and pink shoulder bags were discovered inside the cabin of the bed roller. These bags contained a total of seven bundles of contraband Marijuana, commonly known as Ganja, wrapped with brown tape, with each bundle weighing 2 kgs, summing up to a total of 14 kgs. Two individuals, Manoj Parmar and Anil Updhyay, confessed to their involvement in transporting the Ganja to Mumbai.
According to their confession, on March 30, 2024, at Bharahampur Railway station, an unknown person offered them Rs. 25,000 each to transport the Ganja to Mumbai, enticing them with the promise of additional earnings due to their meager incomes. Acting swiftly, the SI of Police Vikarabad, along with RPF staff, apprehended the accused individuals aboard the running train, detraining them at Tandur Railway Station platform No. 02.
The accused were identified as Manoj Parmar, an AC Coach attendant from Madhya Pradesh, and Anil Updhyay, a Pantry car vendor also from Madhya Pradesh. Details of the seized Ganja and the accused were duly recorded, and they were booked under relevant sections of the NDPS Act.
This successful operation was conducted under the leadership of K. Srinivas Rao DSRP Sec’bad Rural, H. Venkataratnam IRP/Hyderabad Line, and K. Shankaraiah SIRP/Vikarabad, along with the dedicated staff of RPS Vikarabad, in coordination with the RPF taskforce staff. The commendable efforts of the GRP Secunderabad team are to be duly appreciated and rewarded.
