Samastipur, Bihar : In a brazen choice of loot, thieves in Bihar make away with 2-km long rail tracks. The unidentified suspects had dismantled and carried away tracks connecting Pandaul Station and Lohat Sugar Mill under Samastipur Railway Division.
With the closure of Pandaul-Lohat Sugar Mill, the tracks on this stretch has had no trains running for several years now. The 2-km tracks belong to this deserted stretch and are worth crores evem at scrap rate.
Samastipur Railway Divisional Manager Ashok Agarwal has informed that department-level probe committee has been constituted to investigate the theft amd tjat twp RPF personeel have been suspended..
The suspension of RPF officers, Srinivas and Mukesh Kumar, came after preliminary investigations indicate how the two feigned not knowing of the theft despite tracks appearing missing in plain sight.
