8K passengers lose money, fail to travel
ByKamal MishraKamal Mishra / Updated: May 9, 2021, 06:00 IST
Railways seizes 2,200
On April 17, 2021, a special cell of the
Railway Protection Force (
RPF) of
Western Railway’s Mumbai Central division raided travel agents in Bhayander and seized 42 unused reservation tickets with a combined value of Rs 1.1 lakh. Travel agent Mukesh Ghachi, 21, was arrested from the spot. According to the police, a preliminary inquiry suggested that Ghachi was engaged in the illegal business of booking e-tickets through advanced software.
It’s just one case. In the last two months, Mumbai divisions of Western and Central divisions, CR – seized over 2,200 confirmed
RPF personnel save man’s life
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His leg got caught between the platform and moving train
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His leg got caught between the platform and moving train
Two Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel saved the life of a 39-year-old passenger whose leg got caught in the gap between the platform and a moving train when he slipped while deboarding. He was trying to get down from the moving train at Yelahanka station on Saturday around 6.30 a.m.
RPF personnel Madhav Singh and jis colleague Ashish Kumar were on rounds on platform number 3 when they saw the passenger, identified as M. Gurjeeth Singh, struggling to extricate his leg that was getting crushed.
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BENGALURU: The numerous colourful rangolis on Platform 8 of the Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna (Bengaluru City) railway station made a statement to all passengers on Monday - a young girl flying high, a lady in a happy frame of mind, a train flagged off by women guards with the letters below in bold SWR International Women s Day . The Basava Express which chugged into the platform from Bagalkot decorated with garlands, flowers and plantain stems had a banner in front of the engine proclaiming Empowering Women in Indian Railways .
The train stopped over at KSR station at 10.40 pm to change its diesel engine into an electric loco and the crew too were changed. 20 women comprising a Loco Pilot (LP), an Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP), seven Travelling Ticket Examiners, Railway Protection Force and staff of the Carriage and Works department got on board. Railway staff offered roses to all passengers on board.
Karnataka: Alert railway police save three lives over the weekend in separate incidents
The three incidents took place at Bengaluru s Yeshwantpur and Cantonment railway stations and at Belagavi railway station. Updated: December 15, 2020 8:24:36 am
Bengaluru Divisional Railway Manager Ashok Kumar Verma felicitates RPF Head Constable S M Jalihal for his prompt action in saving a life. Express Photo
As many as three people an eight-year-old boy, a 19-year-old college student, and a 29-year-old college lecturer breathed a second life over the weekend in Karnataka, thanks to timely action by alert officials of the Railway Police Force (RPF) on duty.
The first of these nail-biting moments took place on Friday at Belagavi railway station when a boy aged eight years tried to re-enter a train that began moving from the station. “The boy first jumped out on to the platform when the train began moving. He soon tried reboarding the train when he sl