Even as the Crime Branch CID police formally commenced their investigation into the recent daring Rs 5.75 crore heist on board the Salem-Chennai Express, the security advisor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Mumbai K. P. Raghuvanshi held discussion with senior police officers here on Friday on steps to prevent the recurrence of such incidents.
Mr. Raghuvanshi met the Salem Commissioner of Police Sanjay Kumar and a few other senior officers and discussed about the security protocol followed when huge money was transported by banks. A former Director General of Police, Maharashtra, Mr. Raghuvanshi also discussed about stepping up the security arrangements on such occasions.
Separately, CB-CID Superintendent of Police G. Nagajothi met senior officials of her department who are serving in the western districts. She held discussions with Mr Sanjay Kumar and Mr P. Rajmohan, Divisional Security Commissioner, Railway Protection Force, Salem Railway Division on the sequence of the events leading to the heist. Later Ms. Nagajothi visited the Salem Railway Junction and the Goods Yard where the wooden boxes containing the currency addressed to the Reserve Bank of India, Chennai, were loaded on Monday. She made enquiries with the bank and railway officials, the Parcel Office staff, the Railway Police personnel etc on the security arrangements followed during the loading of currency boxes, the presence of security personnel, whether the parcel van was thoroughly checked before the loading of currency boxes, procedures followed for attaching the parcel van with the train.
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