Indian Railways — Theft onboard 19419- Mas-Adi express on 11 Jun 2015

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu

My ticket details are as follows: PNR: [protected], Train No.: 19419; Date of Journey: 11 Jun 2015. S1 compartment: Berth Nos. 51, 53 and 54. I reached Chennai central station at about 1915 hrs to board the train 19419 MAS-Adi Express scheduled o depart at 2000 hrs from PF No. 7. While entering the station, we were asked to put our bags through X ray machine. I had five pieces of baggage, one big suitcase, one big Bag, three back-packs and was travelling alone with my two children aged 13 and 10 years. I was in S1 compartment and berth numbers 51, 53 and 54. I suspect the person sitting on the X ray machine in the entrance of Chennai Central Railway station has identified that there was jewelry inside my suitcase, because only the suitcase has been neatly sliced after opening the flap and from inside, so nothing is visible externally on suitcase, and only the jewelry boxes have been taken out. In spite of taking all precautions of locking the suitcase and the bag and keeping an eye on the same, I don't know how this has happened. The suitcase was sliced from inside after opening the upper flap and after removing the boxes, the flap was closed. It seems to be a planned activity. Only a person knowing the location of the jewelry boxes can do such a neat operation and therefore, I believe that the Indian Railways have a hand in this operation, especially because the bags were X-rayed at the entrance to the station. I didn't realize the loss till I reached home and started unpacking and could not find my jewelry boxes. I lost two boxes, one small wooden box( brown) containing my Mangalsutra, a gold chain, and two gold bangles, and one big maroon/ red box containing my temple jewelry which I have been using for my Bharatanatyam dance performances. The cost of the jewelry lost is approximately INR 2 lakhs. Further, the grief caused to me due to loss of mangalsutra is really unbearable due to the sentiments attached and I deserve a suitable compensation for the same. I strongly believe that the Indian Railways is fully responsible for my loss. I want this case to be investigated and the person on duty at the X -ray machine needs to be interrogated and this case has to be solved. This is a dangerous incident and all passengers need to be advised not to put their baggage in the X ray machine. Why I believe that this is planned is because, no other bag has even been touched and the suitcase has been neatly cut from the inside and only the jewelry boxes having been removed.