He would board the ‘divyangjan’ (disabled-friendly) coaches in passenger trains, impersonate a police officer, Railway Protection Force (RPF), or Special Task Force (STF) officer and extort fines from passengers. He would target labourers and young passengers in particular and fine them for smoking violations or ticket-related offences. In case of resistance, he would assault passengers. Tiwari has been arrested for kidnapping and throwing a passenger off the train.
He is Rohit Tiwari, a 25-year-old native of Bariswan, a village in Bihar’s Bhojpur district.
The case came to light after 21-year-old Nitin Kumar, a resident of Vaishali district, called his family and told them that he had been taken off the train for smoking.
Based on technical and human intelligence, the police identified the suspects and launched raids. He mentioned that he was near Buxar station. Throughout the day, the family received several calls from their son’s number but could not speak to him. The family grew suspicious. They then, along with the village head, approached the Buxar Railway Police Station and registered a case. A special investigation team was constituted under the leadership of Danapur Railway Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kanchan Raj. The team arrested Rohit Tiwari from the Mohansarai area between Buxar and Banaras.
The case came to light after 21-year-old Nitin Kumar, a resident of Vaishali district, called his family and told them that he had been taken off the train for smoking. Kumar used to work as a laborer in Hyderabad and was returning home aboard the Hyderabad-Danapur special train 07091 when he was allegedly detained. On the night of September 20, around 10 pm, Nitin’s family received a call from him explaining that he had been smoking a cigarette when some individuals claiming to be police officers, apprehended him and forced him off the train. Subsequently, the alleged officers took the phone from him and demanded Rs 10,000 from the family. The family agreed to send the money the next morning and transferred Rs 5,000 to Nitin’s account. On the morning of September 21, another call was made from Nitin’s phone demanding Rs 20,000.
