Odisha man held inside per week of hurling stones at trains in Kannur
3 min readBy Express News Service
KANNUR: An Odisha native has been arrested in reference to hurling stones at two trains in Kannur on final Sunday. The accused, Sarvesh, 25, was arrested in a joint investigation by the Railway Protection Force and Kannur Town police on Saturday. “The police spotted Sarvesh after checking visuals from 200 CCTVs from the region where the trains were attacked,” mentioned City Police Commissioner Ajith Kumar.
On August 13, stones have been hurled at two trains — Nethravati Express heading in direction of Mumbai from Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai Superfast Express heading in direction of Chennai from Mangaluru– between Kannur railway station and Kannur South. “During interrogation, Sarvesh confessed to the crime. He said that he was in an inebriated state and had thrown stones four times. Of this, two stones had hit the trains that passed through,” mentioned the commissioner.
Sarvesh has been working as a painter in Kannur for the final 10 years. “We don’t think that it was a planned attack as the person was drunk at the time of the incident. However, we will conduct a detailed investigation regarding the background of the accused in Odisha to check whether he has a criminal background,” he added.
The police had mentioned earlier that drunken gangs have been behind the hurling. Following frequent incidents, the police had shaped particular squads to identify such gangs that used to assemble close to railway tracks. They have additionally been conducting raids in buildings close to the railway tracks. They have known as for assist from the a part of the general public to identify the miscreants doing the harm.
KANNUR: An Odisha native has been arrested in reference to hurling stones at two trains in Kannur on final Sunday. The accused, Sarvesh, 25, was arrested in a joint investigation by the Railway Protection Force and Kannur Town police on Saturday. “The police spotted Sarvesh after checking visuals from 200 CCTVs from the region where the trains were attacked,” mentioned City Police Commissioner Ajith Kumar.
On August 13, stones have been hurled at two trains — Nethravati Express heading in direction of Mumbai from Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai Superfast Express heading in direction of Chennai from Mangaluru– between Kannur railway station and Kannur South. “During interrogation, Sarvesh confessed to the crime. He said that he was in an inebriated state and had thrown stones four times. Of this, two stones had hit the trains that passed through,” mentioned the commissioner.
Sarvesh has been working as a painter in Kannur for the final 10 years. “We don’t think that it was a planned attack as the person was drunk at the time of the incident. However, we will conduct a detailed investigation regarding the background of the accused in Odisha to check whether he has a criminal background,” he added. googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The police had mentioned earlier that drunken gangs have been behind the hurling. Following frequent incidents, the police had shaped particular squads to identify such gangs that used to assemble close to railway tracks. They have additionally been conducting raids in buildings close to the railway tracks. They have known as for assist from the a part of the general public to identify the miscreants doing the harm.
