Maligaon, November 9 (MExN): The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) rescued eight children, including six boys and two girls, at five railway stations between November 4 and 6. During the same period, RPF personnel also assisted two women who gave birth aboard trains at Agartala and Lumding railway stations.
According to an NFR press release, the children were rescued at Rangiya, New Bongaigaon, Katihar, New Jalpaiguri and Guwahati railway stations.
On November 4, RPF personnel, along with the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), rescued a girl aboard Train No. 15628 Down at Rangiya and handed her over to the Government Railway Police (GRP). At New Bongaigaon, another girl was rescued and placed in the care of the Sakhi One Stop Centre.
On the same day, RPF teams rescued one boy each at Katihar, New Jalpaiguri and Guwahati. On November 6, two more boys were rescued at Rangiya and another at New Jalpaiguri. All six boys were handed over to child protection agencies for further care.
In another incident on November 4, RPF personnel at Agartala assisted a passenger who gave birth to a baby boy aboard Train No. 14620 Up. She was subsequently taken by ambulance to a hospital in Agartala for further medical care.
On November 5, a lady head constable and an RPF team at Lumding Railway Station assisted a passenger who gave birth to a baby girl aboard Train No. 13174 Down.
In separate security operations, RPF teams apprehended four persons in four cases. Recoveries included four pistols and four magazines at Badarpur, four pieces of fake gold valued at approximately Rs. 20,000 at Harmuti, 1.031 kg of brown sugar valued at approximately Rs. 2 crore at New Jalpaiguri, and a stolen mobile phone valued at approximately Rs. 17,000 at Kamakhya.
Other seizures included 13.06 kg of ganja valued at approximately Rs. 6.80 lakh and 449 bottles of liquor. An additional 6,750 litres of liquor were seized at Katihar.
Northeast Frontier Railway reiterated its commitment to safeguarding children and providing timely assistance to passengers through coordination with police, healthcare providers and child protection agencies.
