The alleged engagement of Rahul Jat successful the murders connected trains came to airy pursuing his apprehension successful the rape and execution of a 19-year-old miss successful Valsad connected November 14. (Express photo)
Could the “serial killer” who was precocious held for 5 murders, including 4 wrong moving trains, person been progressive successful much cases?
To research this possibility, the Valsad constabulary has written to the Gujarat State Crime Records Bureau to question accusation from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) to get details of bodies recovered crossed the state from coaches reserved for the otherwise abled successful the past 2 years. In particular, constabulary are questioning the accused, Rahul Jat, for his imaginable engagement successful the betterment of 2 bodies successful antithetic trains successful Kerala and Chhattisgarh earlier this year, officials said.
The alleged engagement of Jat successful the murders connected trains came to airy pursuing his apprehension successful the rape and execution of a 19-year-old miss successful a mango orchard successful Valsad connected November 14. A nonmigratory of Rohtak successful Haryana, Jat was arrested connected November 24.
During interrogation, the accused allegedly confessed to person committed 4 much murders, each successful coaches for the otherwise abled, successful trains successful October-November. The cases were registered successful Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Telangana and Karnataka. While the murders were chiefly committed for robbery, constabulary said, helium besides sexually assaulted 3 of the victims, including a man.
Jat is presently successful a 10-day remand of Valsad police.
Talking to The Indian Express, Valsad territory Superintendent of Police Dr Karanraj Vaghela said, “The accused has confessed to person committed 5 murders. His modus operandi is to rob the passengers travelling successful coaches for the otherwise abled successful trains. Seeing his engagement successful crimes successful moving trains, we person sought details of bodies recovered wrong trains, particularly successful coaches for the otherwise abled, successful the past 2 years. Once we get that data, we volition question him implicit his involvement.”
He further said, “We are presently coordinating with Kerala and Chhattisgarh constabulary arsenic 2 bodies were recovered from the trains determination a fewer months ago. We are gathering much accusation from them astir the bodies and volition question Jat accordingly. We volition besides lucifer his mobile telephone locations to find retired his imaginable engagement successful the crime.”
According to the police, Jat utilized to enactment arsenic a waiter astatine a edifice 10 km from the railway presumption successful Valsad wherever helium spotted the 19-year-old miss who was heading location from her tuition centre. Police said helium stalked the miss for up to 100 metres from the railway presumption and, arsenic they reached a desolate spot, allegedly dragged her into a mango orchard nearby, raped and killed her.
Police said that successful his confessions to them, helium said that aft raping the miss a mates of times and strangling her, helium went backmost to the railway station, bought himself a vessel of a effect portion and a container of milk, drank some and allegedly went backmost to rape the girl. But by then, her household members, alerted by her lack and who had been tracking her full way from the tuition centre to her home, had arrived astatine the execution spot.
Police said Rahul hid successful the bushes and watched arsenic the household discovered the assemblage and carried it distant connected a motorbike. Police accidental helium near successful a hurry, leaving down his sweatshirt and a backpack, which yet helped successful identifying him.