17-year-old has been running the train disguised as a loco pilot for three years, shocked by the railways

The youths, who had been driving the train for years in disguise as loco pilots, were finally caught. The arrested youths are from Murshidabad in West Bengal. They were apprehended by the Railway Police on Saturday in Erode, Tamil Nadu, on their way to Thiruvananthapuram from Bengal in search of work.

The suspects were arrested by the Railway Police. Both were in railway loco pilot uniforms. The 17-year-old and 22-year-old Israfil were arrested by the Railway Police. Police said the 17-year-old had been driving the train engine for the past three years. The train locomotive had been running by Israfil too for three months.

Railway officials were shocked to learn that the non – loco pilots were driving the train. The two were apprehended by the RPF on suspicion of possessing a loco pilot uniform with a flag, name badge and other Loco pilot equipment. Subsequent interrogation revealed that the two had been trained to fly a loco pilot train in Bengal.

The 17-year-old says he has been running the train for three years. ‘ Then the two will run the train together instead of him. Goods trains and passenger trains were both driven. They told police that the real loco pilot gave both of them uniforms, name badges and other items.

The 17-year-old was paid between Rs 10,000 and Rs 15,000 as a loco pilot. Twenty-two-year-old Israfil was training as a loco pilot three months ago. Railways are trying to trace the loco pilot who used them.

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