The Government Railway Police (GRP) of Secunderabad have arrested a notorious serial killer allegedly responsible for multiple murders across various trains in India. The accused, identified as Rahul alias Bholu, a 29-year-old driver from Rohtak district in Haryana, was apprehended after he reportedly brutally murdered a female passenger aboard the Belagavi-Manuguru Express on November 23, 2024.
The victim, identified as Ramanamma, 46, a resident of Ballari district in Karnataka, had boarded the train from Tornagallu railway station to visit her daughter in Hyderabad. Mistakenly entering a coach designated for disabled passengers instead of the ladies’ coach, she soon found herself in the same compartment as the accused.
At around 8 p.m., Rahul boarded the coach at Ballari and was confronted by Ramanamma, who questioned his presence in what she assumed to be a ladies’ compartment. In response, he clarified that the coach was reserved for disabled passengers and that she had boarded the wrong coach. He assured her that he would alight at the next station.
While standing near the coach door and smoking a beedi, he was warned by the victim to refrain from smoking, failing which she would report him to the authorities.
Angered by her warning, Rahul snatched her mobile phone and allegedly strangled her to death on the spot. He then locked the coach doors, looted ₹25,000 in cash before alighting at Yadgir railway station.
Following his escape, Rahul travelled to Vapi railway station, where he was eventually arrested by the Pardi police. Upon interrogation, he reportedly not only confessed to the murder of Ramanamma but also admitted to four additional murders and a case of sexual assault.
His other crimes included the murder of a female Muslim passenger in the Pune-Kanyakumari train in October 2024, the alleged strangulation of an elderly passenger in the Husnur-Mangalore train a week later, the murder and rape of a young girl in Gujarat, and the killing of another elderly passenger in the Katihar-Howrah train in November 2024.
Following his confession, the GRP police formally arrested the accused and produced him before the court.
Published – February 07, 2025 08:17 am IST