Overview
- The theft happened on the night of December 6–7, 2025, when a gold trader asleep aboard the Solapur–Mumbai Siddheshwar Express reported a trolley bag containing gold was stolen.
- Investigators from the Mumbai Railway Crime Branch and GRP spent six months analysing station and bullion-market CCTV, using technical surveillance and informant leads to identify suspects.
- Police arrested four men linked to a reported 10-member gang and recovered three solid gold bars weighing about 1.098 kilograms valued at Rs 1,62,27,500.
- A formal theft case was registered at Kalyan Railway Police Station under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and interrogation and follow-up searches are continuing to locate six remaining suspects.
- Authorities said the case shows how organised teams target sleeping passengers and urged travellers to secure valuables on long-distance trains while police step up coordinated raids and intelligence work.