2,311 railway track trespassing cases in two months in Bengaluru
Railway Protection Force collected ₹11.57 lakh in fines over the past two months, as part of measures to prevent unauthorised entry onto tracks
A passenger's bag containing gold ornaments, a laptop, and cash worth over ₹29 lakh was recovered by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) at Bengaluru Railway Station. Santosh, the passenger, had inadvertently left his bag in coach B3 while deboarding Train No. 16316 from Thiruvananthapuram North to Mysuru on August 30. RPF personnel at Krantivira Sangoli Rayanna Bengaluru Railway Station received information about the unattended bag and alerted on-duty staff.
Upon the train arriving at KSR Bengaluru Railway Station, RPF personnel searched the coach and located the bag. After verifying Santosh's identity and travel details, they returned the bag, containing gold ornaments valued at around ₹27.15 lakh, a laptop, ₹53,240 in cash, and other accessories, to the relieved passenger.
Written by urgent.news from The Hindu's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
This story
This is one outlet's version. Read the fullest account.
