Gwalior, Oct. 28 -- The Government Railway Police (GRP) in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior arrested a man accused of stealing passengers' belongings from air-conditioned coaches of long-distance trains and recovered 34 bags and other items from his possession, an official said on Wednesday.

The accused, identified as Deepak Maurya, a resident of the Murar area in Gwalior, was apprehended during a ticket-checking drive at the railway station. According to the GRP, he was involved in such thefts for the past five months and hid the stolen bags and other belongings in a rented flat in Indramani Nagar in the district.

GRP station for Narrow Gauge (NG) section in-charge, Dilip Samadhiya told ANI that the accused was intercepted during a checking dr...