Robbery in trains, lecturer held

Thursday, April 24, 2008, 19:03 [IST]

Kannur, Apr 24 (UNI) The special squad of the Railway police today arrested a lecturer in connection with robbing passengers in trains.

According to official sources, K B Jijesh (29), hailing from Annakkur in Kasaragod district was working as a visiting MBA lecturer in two professional colleges at Kasaragod and Palakkad.

The modus operandi of Jijesh, holding an M Phil degree and pursuing PhD, used to board AC three tier coaches of night trains through fake reservation ticket and robbed the passengers, particularly women, while they were in fast asleep.

Three digital cameras, a laptop and three mobiles phones were recovered from him, the sources added.

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