An alleged serial killer concerned in murders throughout 4 states was arrested by the Gujarat police for the rape and homicide of a 19-year-old lady in Valsad district.
Rahul Jat, from Rohtak, Haryana, was caught by the police after the 19-year-old lady’s physique was discovered on November 14 close to the tracks near the Udvada railway station.
{The teenager} was returning residence from tuitions within the night when she was attacked, raped and murdered, officers mentioned.
A day earlier than his arrest, Jat had allegedly robbed and murdered a girl on a practice close to Secunderabad railway station in Telangana, an official advised PTI.
“Rahul Jat was held from the parking zone of Vapi railway station in Valsad on Sunday night time in a joint operation carried out by native and railway police. Jat travelled extensively and saved altering his location. We’ve got discovered that he’s concerned in not less than 4 instances of loot and homicide on trains and at railway stations in Karnataka, West Bengal, Telangana and Maharashtra,” mentioned superintendent of police, Karanraj Vaghela.
The police revealed that in October, he had raped and murdered a girl on a practice close to Solapur railway station in Maharashtra. He additionally stabbed an aged man to loss of life on Katihar specific practice close to Howrah railway station in West Bengal.
Jat faces accusations of murdering a practice passenger in Mulki in Karnataka as nicely.
SP Vaghela acknowledged that Jat had greater than a dozen instances registered in opposition to him in Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
“Jat travelled on trains and dedicated loot and homicide. He visited Surat, Valsad and Vapi 4 to 5 instances within the final one 12 months. He had come right here to gather his wage from a resort the place he labored. He raped and murdered the 19-year-old lady throughout this go to,” he advised the company.
The police caught Jat after a large search involving police models from totally different states and checking of footage of 2000 CCTV cameras in Vapi, Valsad, Surat and Udvada. Footage from a CCTV digital camera gave the police a transparent image of Rahul Jat.
The police mentioned Jat was jailed from 2018-19 and 2024 in instances associated to truck theft and unlawful arms smuggling in Rajasthan, Haryana, UP and Uttarakhand.
They added that he looted folks every time he discovered them alone and raped ladies, particularly within the coaches for differently-abled passengers. Nabbing him proved robust; he saved transferring and principally slept at railway platforms and in trains.
