Besides maintenance of law & order in the railway premises and in trains, the Railway Protection Force have often worked beyond their brief towards public well-being.In addition to working towards safe travel of passengers and protecting Railway property, the Force have often enlarging their ambit of duties in the public sphere walking the extra mile to deliver good public services. Some of the good work undertaken by RPF during the month of July 2012 is produced below:
ØOn 03.07.2012 RPF posted at Tughlakabad promptly came to the aid of a distraught 11 year old girl child who had failed to board the train with her family. The RPF immediately contacted the brother of the child on telephone and undertook the personal responsibility of handing over her to her parents safely.
ØOn 04/05.07.2012, RPF posted at Sitapur station on source information found two criminals involved in cutting of cable wires at Signal points between Sitapur and Himpur stations. The Force caught the delinquents red-handed and further interrogation led them to village Vasana where a gang was operating in this activity of looting and burning of cable to recover wires. When the gang opened fire at the RPF personnel, the Force retaliated and successfully nabbed the culprits. A case has been registered against the offenders.
ØOn 05.07.2012, the RPF posted at Shakurbasti station found a lady suspiciously sitting on three heavy gunny bags on the station premises. Doubting her apprehensive behavior, the RPF who ordered opening of the bags found liqour pouches stuffed in three cartons. The incident was informed to GRP who registered a case under Delhi Excise Act against the lady. The lady named Savita W/o Dhramendra@ Sonu was arrested and produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate.
ØOn 05.07.2012, the RPF posted in Train No. 04035 AC Special train found an unclaimed bag with high value currency and items like Mobile etc. The bag was traced to the rightful owner and handed over duly to him.
ØOn 09.07.2012, on information from Station Supdt/Jind that wheat filled gunny bags were found strewn on the track, the RPF reached the spot. Registering a case against unknown miscreants, the RPF carried out further investigation and found that a gang of three men Roshan, Rajbir and Dharamvir were involved in the stealth pilferage of wheat bags from goods coaches and diverting them to a nearby village Kinana where they were sold for profit. Around 49 gunny bags of wheat with an estimated cost of Rs. 24500/- was recovered from the premises of the delinquents involved. A case has been registered against the delinquents.
ØOn 16.07.2012, the RPF posted at Tughlakabad found a male child aged 10 years on the station premises. On enquiry, the child named Raja S/o Nathuram stated that he ran away from his house as he was being harassed by his family members. The RPF had registered a case and handed over the child to Child welfare NGO in Delhi for his shelter.
ØOn 18.07.2012,the RPF manning the Sahranpur-Jammu section of Train No. 15651 found that the train had suddenly halted in mid-section of Darazpur-Muzaffarpurstations. The TTE posted on the train informed him that two passengers had slipped from the train. The RPF found two passengers, male and female, lying badly injured on the sides of the track. After helping them to the coach, the RPF informed Railway Doctor at Ambala of the medical emergency. The medical team at Ambala took over the passengers for necessary treatment.
