How Rahul Karamveer Jat, linked to 5 murders in trains, was tracked & arrested; police reveals chilling details

Rahul Karamveer Jat, a resident of Rohtak, Haryana, was recently arrested for allegedly raping and murdering a 19-year-old woman in Gujarat. But the arrest uncovered a series of disturbing crimes. Police said, Jat is linked to at least four other murders, most of which occurred on trains across multiple states within a month.

Police said, the accused confessed of looting and murdering people whenever he found them alone, and raped women, especially in the coaches meant for differently-abled passengers.

Just a day before his arrest, the suspect robbed and killed a woman on a train near Secunderabad railway station in Telangana. In October, he had allegedly raped and murdered another woman on a train near Solapur railway station in Maharashtra. He later fatally stabbed an elderly man on Katihar express train near Howrah railway station in West Bengal. He also coffessed to killing a train passenger in Mulki, Karnataka.

Police said, tracking him was difficult as he kept moving and mostly slept at railway platforms and in trains.

How was he arrested?

Jat was arrested on November 24 at Vapi Railway Station in Gujarat’s Valsad district. His arrest came after an intensive manhunt involving several state police units and the review of footage from over 2,000 CCTV cameras across various districts in Gujarat.

“He was arrested on Sunday night in a joint operation carried out by local and railway police. Jat travelled extensively and kept changing his location. We have found that he is involved in at least four cases of loot and murder on trains and at railway stations in Karnataka, West Bengal, Telangana and Maharashtra,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Karanraj Vaghela said, a quoted by NDTV.

The case unraveled when Valsad police investigated a woman’s murder near Udvada railway station on November 14. Forensic tests confirmed she was raped.

Search teams identified the suspect through CCTV footage at the station. He was seen wearing the same clothes found near the crime scene. The footage also captured Jat calmly eating at the station after committing the brutal act.

“He had come here to collect his salary from a hotel where he worked, and raped and killed the woman during his visit. The woman was returning home from tuition when the incident occurred,” the SP said.