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07/08/22 05:20 AM IST

Operation Yatri Suraksha

In News 
  • With the aim of improving the security of passengers travelling by Indian Railways, RPF has launched a Pan-India Operation under the code name “Operation Yatri Suraksha”.
About operation 
  • As part of this initiative, several steps are being taken to provide foolproof security to passengers i.e. Train Escorting, visible presence on stations, Surveillance through CCTV, Surveillance on active criminals, collection of intelligence about the criminals and action thereupon, identifying black spots and  crime prone trains/sections and enhancing security thereat among others to formulate an actionable strategy to reduce crime against passengers.
  • Regular coordination is being made with all the stake holders and joint action is planned to improve passenger security regularly.
Significance 
  • During the drive, 365 suspects were nabbed by RPF personnel and were handed over to the concerned GRPs for legal action based on which 322 cases of Passenger Crime i.e. theft of Passenger Belongings, Drugging, Robbery, Chain Snatching etc. were detected. 
  • Stolen property of passengers worth more than Rs. 1 Crore was recovered either from the possession of these criminals or in course of investigation of these offences.
Source- PIB 

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