Government Railway Police (GRP) from four southern States will meet in Vellore on Tuesday for a coordination meeting to discuss measures to prevent and detect property offences on trains.
On Monday, Seema Agrawal, Inspector General of Police, Railways and P. Vijaya Kumar, Superintendent of Police, GRP Chennai Railway Police district were at Jolarpet to review the security arrangements following three chain snatching incidents on board the Bangalore – Chennai Mail during Monday midnight in Jolarpet limit, Chains were snatched from three women travelling in the train at around 12.30 a.m. to 1 a.m.
The theft occurred in between Bangarapet in Karnataka and Jolarpet railway stations in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu jurisdiction. The senior officers were here to review the security arrangements.
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The coordination meeting, which was scheduled much earlier, will see participation of GRP from all four southern States – Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Officers from Railway Protection Force in Vijayawada, Guntakal, Bangalore and Palakad will also participate as they had a criminal investigation department, officials said.
“We want to coordinate with GRP of other southern States and also enable exchange of information to reduce, prevent and detect property offences.
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We have strengthened our presence on trains in Chennai railway police district but such offences also take place in bordering areas, hence raising the need for coordination,” the official said.
Working arrangement
For instance, the officer said the meeting will see how the GRP, Chennai could work along with their counterparts in Bangalore on preventing offences in between and look at the possibility of whether Tamil Nadu police can be engaged in beat till Bangarapet.
Already, 250 GRP personnel of Chennai Railway Police district travel on trains between 12 a.m. and 5 a.m.
“Our personnel have been deputed on this march on trains from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. as this is the vulnerable time.
Team on trains
A team consists of four persons and they travel on trains in the entire region including trains starting from Coimbatore, Salem, Hosur and Jolarpet,” he added.
In fact, GRP personnel were waiting to board the Bangalore-Chennai Mail at Jolarpet station and travel till Chennai when the passengers reported the chain snatching incident.
To discuss measures to prevent and detect property offences on trains