Maligaon, January 29: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of N.F. Railway apprehended 16 persons connected towards attempt to ravage the image of the railways within the zone during several checks and drives from 22ndto 28th of January, 2024.
The arrests were made towards unusual stone pelting incidents at running trains by miscreants, as well as arrest of suspected culprits related to theft of passenger belongings at various stations and trains at N.F. Railway.
Few incidents of stone pelting at trains, over various divisions of N.F. Railway have been reported recently. In one such recent incident, on 28th January, 2024, RPF post of Dimapur apprehended one person at Diphu who was involved in stone pelting at train no. 15817 DN (Donyi Polo Express).
In similar incidents on two different occasions on 25th January, 2024, RPF of Siliguri and Dimapur posts apprehended six more miscreants (two from Sukna – Siliguri section and four near Dimapur station), involved in stone pelting at train no. 52541 DN (New Jalpaiguri – Kurseong – Darjeeling Passenger) and 12068 DN (Jan Shatabdi Express) respectively. All the apprehended persons were booked under relevant sections of the Railways Act.
The RPF of N.F. Railway also carried out check and drives, at different divisions and sections under its jurisdictions, and apprehended nine persons associated with theft of passengers belongings during train journeys and recovered goods and valuables worth approximately Rs. 1.79 lakhs during the period from 22ndto24th of January, 2024.
During the drives, RPF teams of different outposts were able to recover 8 mobile phones and one laptop. All the apprehended persons were handed over to the respective GRP posts for further course of action.
The RPF of N.F. Railway always plays a pivotal role to provide full scale security and safety to the railway passengers during their journey period for prohibiting anti-social activities ranging from stone pelting to securing lost belongings of passengers etc.
Any act that de-grades the image of railway esteem and harms to the railway property is a punishable offence with fine or imprisonment or both. N.F. Railway urges the general public and passengers to remain alert and help the railway authority to overcome the menace of damaging public properties.
