The Railway Protection Force (RPF) Crime Branch apprehended a young man at Bilaspur Railway Station on Saturday evening for carrying a gas cylinder and a burner aboard a train. The man, identified as Neelkanth Manhar, was traveling on the 20807 Hirakund Express. Upon being questioned, he explained that he was returning...
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home to Mungeli from Sambalpur, where he worked in a factory. He had been living in a rented accommodation in Sambalpur. The RPF team discovered the gas cylinder and burner during a search of his bag. Since this is considered hazardous material, he was detained and charged under sections 153 and 164 of the Railway Act for violating safety regulations.