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In the past 5 months up to May, cases were registered against a full of 209 radical successful the Salem Railway Division for unauthorised alarm chain pulling (ACP).
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Salem Division has observed respective instances of passengers resorting to unauthorised ACP for idiosyncratic convenience and different non-emergency reasons.
Such acts not lone represent a punishable offence nether Section 141 of the Railways Act, 1989, but besides adversely impact the safety, punctuality and businesslike cognition of bid services.
The Salem division, successful a merchandise connected Monday (June 22, 2026), stated that successful the past 5 months successful 2026 RPF has registered cases against 209 radical for unauthorised ACP. Of these, 90 offenders person already been convicted by the court, portion the remaining cases are nether trial.
Offenders are liable for imprisonment for a word which whitethorn widen to 1 twelvemonth oregon a good up to ₹1,000 oregon both. Offenders are detained by the RPF and released connected the execution of a bail bond, aft which the lawsuit is prosecuted earlier the jurisdictional court.
The released added that alarm chains are provided exclusively for usage during genuine emergencies specified arsenic an imminent menace to the information of passengers, occurrence oregon smoke inside the bid and superior aesculapian emergencies requiring contiguous attention.
Passengers are advised that pulling the alarm concatenation for reasons specified arsenic boarding oregon alighting aft the bid has started moving oregon stopping the bid for passengers coming precocious oregon for immoderate different idiosyncratic convenience is strictly prohibited and punishable nether law, the part added.
