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The Southern Railway has launched a thrust to forestall unauthorised question and footboard question onboard trains, isolated from trespassing. The thrust has been launched against the backdrop of an incidental successful which a pistillate sustained captious injuries aft being allegedly pushed disconnected a moving bid adjacent Varkala connected Sunday. As portion of strengthening the onboard vigilance, peculiar attraction is being fixed to wide coaches, SLRs (seating-cum-luggage rake), and vestibule areas to forestall passengers from lasting adjacent doorways oregon connected footboards.
Helpline no. is 139
Passengers should stay alert, debar altercations with chap passengers, and instantly study immoderate abnormal behaviour oregon suspicious enactment done the Rail Madad Helpline – 139, said a connection issued by the Railways. To forestall transgression against women passengers, 5 dedicated “Meri Saheli” teams — comprising trained RPF unit — are functioning astatine Nagercoil, Thiruvananthapuram South, Thiruvananthapuram North, Ernakulam South, Ernakulam North, and Thrissur railway stations, the connection added.
In 2025, the railway extortion unit (RPF), Thiruvananthapuram, arrested six offenders progressive successful crimes against women and handed them implicit to the railway constabulary and section police. In addition, the railway and section constabulary person arrested and prosecuted 34 offenders for akin offences. Around 601 offenders were besides booked by RPF connected charges of unauthorised question successful coaches earmarked for women, said the statement.
