Overview
- Rajesh Kumar Singh, the Gaya GRP SHO who first probed the ₹1.44 crore Howrah–Jodhpur Express gold theft, was questioned in Patna and sent to judicial custody after his arrest.
- Investigators now describe a coordinated operation involving policemen and civilian insiders, with complicity of seven people indicated by the Rail SP.
- The four suspended constables have been named as Karan Kumar, Abhishek Chaturvedi, Ranjay Kumar, and Anand Mohan, while key civilian suspect Parvez Alam remains at large.
- Call detail records, tower location data, and other technical evidence drove the turnaround in the case, which has been converted to invoke the Prevention of Corruption Act.
- DSP-rank officer Bhaskar Ranjan has taken over the probe, and searches are underway for a goldsmith and a vehicle driver linked to the alleged robbery.