There have been several incidents of Alarm Chain Pulling (ACP) in recent past. The rise in the cases of ACP adversely affects the punctuality of trains and also causes inconvenience to the fellow passengers.
In the month of Oct. 2012 three cases of chain pulling in Shivganga Express alone have been reported. In order to check such incidents of Alarm Chain Pulling without any valid reason, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northern Railway has intensified its drive in all sensitive locations.
A person named Dharmendra Pal, a private contract labour of Noida, having ticket no. 49149492 from Varanasi to New Delhi, has been arrested and prosecuted under Section-141 of the Indian Railways Act, 1989 for ACP this morning.
Similarly 18 other persons have been arrested today for ACP in various checks and have been prosecuted under Section 147 of the Indian Railways Act, 1989. A Total number of 107 such persons have been arrested and prosecuted under aforesaid sections of the Indian Railways Act, 1989 in the month of Oct. 2012 so far.
The act of ACP by rail passenger(s) without any valid reason is a punishable offence under aforesaid sections and may call for Cash Penalty and Imprisonment or Both. The RPF of Northern Railway has strategically planned the ambush checks at several sections prone for such incidents on Northern Railway.
