CHENNAI: They became friends over a drink and executed several robberies on the streets in the last few years. But on Monday, the culprits landed in the Railway Protection Force net when they were having fun in a secluded area off the railway track at Saidapet allegedly for hatching new plans for a forthcoming extortion."Our personnel picked up the two suspects while they were conducting a routine drive on the track. They picked the suspects on directions from Senior Divisional Security Commissioner S R Gandhi who had issued instructions to the cops to nab those involved in pelting stones on moving trains," said S Maharajan, Sub - Inspector, Mambalam, RPF. "The two were under the influence of alcohol and possessed contraband (ganja). Though we nabbed the duo, a third accomplice escaped from the spot," he added.The suspects — identified as K Purushothaman from West Mambalam and M Seth of Villupuram — are in their early thirties. Interrogation of the suspects revealed that both came in contact at a wine shop. Seth, a school dropout who ran away from home, was desperately searching for a job in Chennai.According to sources, Seth followed the path of Purushothaman - a robber, after several attempts by the former for a livelihood went in vain. "Interestingly, both chose secluded spots around railway tracks for sketching their plans, in order to maintain secrecy of illegal operations. They used a simple modus operandi for robbing valuables from people by assaulting them in the dark," a RPF official said.Besides, the suspects also used the space around the railway track to celebrate their successful 'robbery operations', abusing women travelling by Electric Multiple Units and pelting stones on the ladies compartment, at times. The duo were booked under two sections of the Railway Act.In a related development, the RPF sleuths last week apprehended another thief near Kodambakkam, for his alleged involvement in house breaks in the city. The suspect, identified as Selvaraj, was later handed over to the local police."With frequent drives against miscreants involved in stone pelting cases, the incidents of pelting stone on trains has come to an end at Mambalam and Saidapet," Maharajan pointed out.
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