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AHMEDABAD: Last week Railway Protection Force arrested three people for stealing two sleeper pad plates weighing over 70 kg from the old loco shed behind Gandhidham railway station. RPF held Manoj (19), Mahavir (31) and Jagdish (25) along with the motorbike used for the robbery and fined them Rs 10,000. One of the accused Manoj was also wanted in five other cases involving the stealing of sleeper pad plate. Earlier this year Manoj with some friends had stolen 23 such plates weighing 805 kg. In all, RPF recovered 25 plates of 875 kg and also busted the gang.In another case, deputy chief ticket inspector Vishnu Prasad Acharya held a person travelling without ticket named Kalyan from general coach of Train no. 16613 Rajkot- Coimbatore Express in Viramgam. Upon checking Kalyan on platform no. 2, RPF recovered one country made pistol and three cartridges. Kalyan was immediately arrested and booked under Arms Act by RPF at Viramgam.Western railway recovered over Rs 40000 from ticketless travelers last week in Ahmedabad division. In a drive conducted by railway, six cases of ticketless travelling were registered and fine was slapped on the travelers. WR recovered Rs 38100 from people selling illegal tickets and Rs. 2900 from people travelling on illegal tickets. WR has been constantly conducting campaigns against illegal tickets and travelling. Western railway also recovered over Rs 22000 from 201 people who were found illegally travelling in coaches reserved for women and handicapped people.