Patna, (Bihar Times): Bihar and Uttar Prasdesh top the list of train dacoities in the country to be followed by Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and West Bengal. Fifty-one per cent of robbery on wheels take place in UP and Bihar.

According to a recent report of National Crime Records Bureau Patna railway jurisdiction accounts for 23 per cent of all the crimes on the wheels committed throughout the country. This region falls between
Mughalsarai in UP and Mokama in Bihar.

Most of the crimes take place in Patna-Gaya, Mughalsarai-Jhajha, Gaya-Mughalsarai, Barauni-Samastipur, Hajipur-Gorakhpur sections of the
East Central Railway.

About 2,700 crime cases were reported from all over the country in the first three months of 2006, an increase of over 200 per cent. Official figure shows that at least two murder or attempt to murder cases take place in trains or railway premises in the country daily.

Interestingly, in Bihar and Jharkhand not only the criminals, but even the Maoists are engaged in crimes. But the most shocking fact is the involvement of Government Railway Police in the crimes.