MALIGAON, Nov 9: The Railway Protection Force of Northeast Frontier Railway rescued eight children, including six boys and two girls, at Rangiya, New Bongaigaon, Katihar, New Jalpaiguri and Guwahati railway stations between 4th and 6th November this year. During the same period, personnel provided medical assistance to two women who gave birth aboard trains at Agartala and Lumding.
On 4th November, RPF personnel and the Sashastra Seema Bal rescued a girl aboard Train No 15628 Down at Rangiya and handed her over to the Government Railway Police. At New Bongaigaon, personnel rescued another girl and placed her in the care of the Sakhi One Stop Centre. Teams also rescued one boy each at Katihar, New Jalpaiguri and Guwahati that day.
On 6th November, they rescued two more boys at Rangiya and one at New Jalpaiguri. All six boys were entrusted to child protection agencies for further care.
In another incident on 4th November, personnel at Agartala assisted a passenger who gave birth to a boy aboard Train Number 14620 Up. An ambulance took her to hospital in Agartala for further care. On 5th November, a lady head constable and a team from the Railway Protection Force assisted a passenger who gave birth to a baby girl aboard Train Number 13174 Down at Lumding Railway Station.
In separate security operations, the teams apprehended four persons in four cases. They recovered four pistols and four magazines at Badarpur, four pieces of fake gold valued at approximately Rs. 20,000 at Harmuti, 1.031 kilograms 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 recoveries included 13.06 kilograms of Ganja valued at approximately Rs 6.80 lakh and 449 bottles of liquor. Further, 6,750 litres of liquor were seized at Katihar.
Northeast Frontier Railway remains committed to safeguarding children and providing timely assistance to passengers through close coordination with police, healthcare providers and child protection agencies.