Hyderabad, Feb 18 (FN Bureau) Railway Protection Force (RPF) of South Central Railway (SCR) have arrested 60 offenders and recovered stolen property worth Rs 39.8 lakhs with registration of 50 cases under Operation “Rail Suraksha ” during January 2023. Luggage Retrieval and handover under Operation “Amanat”, the RPF personnel provided help in securing and retrieving more than 208 belongings of passengers valued at more than Rs49.3 lakhs during the same period, a statement here said on Friday. Under operation “Narcos” the RPF has confiscated Ganja valued at more than Rs 32.5 lakhs with the arrest of 7 persons during the month of January, 2023.RPF personnel also undertook the noble cause of identifying and rescuing children in need of care and protection who are lost/separated from their family due to various reasons. 82 children (69 boys + 13 girls) have been provided safety by RPF/SCR during the same period.
Action against Human Trafficking under Operation AAHT – under this mission the RPF/SCR has rescued 18 boys from the clutches of 6 traffickers.Mission “Jeevan Raksha”, RPF personnel, risking their own lives, saved 4 (2 male + 2 female) persons in the month of January,2023. Action against carriage of contraband/illegal goods under Operation “Satark”, Liquor worth 16,500 transporting illegally through trains was seized with the arrest of one person and subsequently handed over to the Excise Department, who registered 2 cases against the offender during the same period. To curb the activities of touts substantially and make railway tickets available to the common man, the RPF persons booked 13 cases and arrested 13 touts with seizure of 106 live tickets and total tickets valued Rs 17.08 lakhs, the statement added.