Braveheart rly cop bags Indian police medal

Hyderabad: A railway Inspector in Secunderabad who solved several train robberies received the Indian Police Medal for meritorious service.

Udugu Narasimha

, a cop with 24 years of service, helped solved several robbery cases and also busted gangs of touts.Narasimha joined the department as sub-inspector and worked in Hubli, Bellari, Secunderabad, Guntur, Warangal and Kazipet.He detected several railway property theft cases like theft of relay coils, cable drums, copper pots of loco and recovered crores of rupees worth of railway property. He was earlier given railway board award in 2003. Narasimha also worked on passenger theft cases and recovered Rs 1.35 crore stolen property. He has detected 45 gangs of touts involved in illegal railway reservations and seized Rs 25 lakh worth of railway reservation tickets. “Narasimha’s helped in the detection of narcotic, excise cases in coordination with

GRP

, local police and excise department. He used

CCTV

images, phone tracking and other technology-driven initiatives,” said railway police senior official Satish Prabhu.