Mumbai Division of Western Railway’s Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel are always at the forefront to protect and secure the lives of passengers. RPF WR has launched Operation Yatri Suraksha under which RPF catches criminals involved in passenger-related crimes such as theft and robbery and the accused are handed over to GRP for further legal action.
According to an official statement released by Sumit Thakur, Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway (WR), the RPF has formed special Crime Prevention and Detection Squads (CPDS) at all major stations in Mumbai Division of WR which work intelligently by gathering source information to catch the criminals on July 4, 2022, the CPDS staff of Andheri team comprising of Head Constable Naveen, Constables - Ankit, Deepak and Anuj Gurjar observed one suspected person roaming at Andheri PF No. 6.
The CPDS members observed his activity with help of CCTV footages. It was noticed that, taking advantage of crowd, the suspected person pick-pocketed the wallet from a commuter who was climbing the stairs at middle FOB at PF No. 06.
The accused tried to run away from the spot. However, CPDS team acting immediately caught the accused trying to run away and brought him at RPF Post Andheri along with stolen property. on interrogation, the culprit disclosed his name as Sunil, resident of Naigaon (East) Mumbai and admitted to the theft. The culprit was taken to GRP office where a case was registered by GRP u/s 379 IPC against him. It was found that several criminal cases have been registered against the offender earlier also under various IPC sections
With a focused approach under operation Yatri Suraksha, Western Railway’s RPF is producing excellent results and the RPF is motivated to intensify the drive under Operative Yatri Suraksha in near future.
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