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Efforts are on to thwart crimes in trains, says R. Rajaram The Railway Protection Force (RPF) authorities have fine-tuned their ‘train escort security system’ making it more “visible” so that crimes on board trains could be efficiently thwarted. RPF personnel, deployed for escort duty on board select long-distance super fast and express trains, have been advised to interact with passengers in trains and on platforms to make their presence felt. They have been asked to exhort the passengers to be alert by taking precautionary measures. At present, 70 RPF personnel of Tiruchi Division from the rank of Sub Inspectors to constables are deployed a day for escorting 20 express and super fast trains, including the Rock Fort, Pearl City, Mangalore, Ananthapuri, Pandyan, Vaigai and Kanyakumari trains. The escort provided in both directions is mostly in night trains. Equipped with walkie-talkie sets, arms, FIR forms and search lights, each train escort team of five security personnel is headed mostly by an Assistant Sub Inspector in the case of other trains and seven for the Chennai-Kumbakonam-Chennai Rock Fort Express. As part of the fine-tuning strategy, the RPF authorities here have planned to increase the number of walkie-talkie sets from two to four for each escort team to enable better communication among the team. The RPF Tiruchi Division would be get an additional allotment 200 new walkie-talkie sets, say the authorities. Each member of the team would soon be provided with a sleek, portable and high-power search light instead of one big search light. Each team carries an album containing photographs of 30 rail criminals for instantly identifying them in case they happen to travel. Escorting parties have been directed to be at the boarding station half-an-hour before the arrival of the train and walk along the platform to make security visible. Visibility is the key as it keeps away criminals and enhances the confidence of the travellers, says S.R. Gandhi, Divisional Security Commissioner, RPF, Tiruchi. Ever since the system of train escort commenced, crimes on board trains have been kept under check, says Mr. Gandhi pointing out that no case of drugging was reported anywhere in the division last year. The escorting parties had helped passengers in need of medical assistance, he said. The RPF has planned to elicit the feedback of the train escort personnel at the divisional headquarters here next week to fortify the security system further, say the authorities.
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