Lok Sabha Question No. 2619 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-04
Subject: Crime in Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dayakar Pasunoori, Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy, Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, Riti Pathak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2619 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2019

## CRIME IN TRAINS

2619.         SHRI PASUNOORI DAYAKAR:

SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

SHRI VENKATESH NEHA BORLAKUNTA:

SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  thefts  and  crime  particularly  related  to  women passengers reported in trains;
- (b)    the  number  of  cases  solved  so  far,  zone-wise  during  the  last  five years; and
- (c)   the steps being taken to prevent such instances in future along with the compensation awarded to such victims and parameters adopted so far?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2619 BY SHRI PASUNOORI DAYAKAR, SHRI KOTHA  PRABHAKAR  REDDY,  SHRI  VENKATESH  NEHA  BORLAKUNTA AND  SHRIMATI  RITI  PATHAK  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 04.12.2019 REGARDING CRIME IN TRAINS

(a)  and  (b):  Policing  on  Railways  being  a  State  subject,  prevention  of crime, registration of cases, their investigation and maintenance of law &  order  in  Railway  premises  as  well  as  on  running  trains  are  the statutory responsibility of the State Governments, which they discharge through  Government  Railway  Police  (GRP)/District  Police.  However, Railway  Protection  Force  (RPF)  supplements  the  efforts  of  GRP  to provide better protection and security of passenger area & passengers and for matters connected therewith.  Cases of Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes  including  theft  of  passengers'  belongings  and  crime  against women  passengers  in  trains  are  registered  and  investigated  by  the concerned Government Railway Police. Railways does not maintain any data on Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes.  Whenever any information about status of crime on Railways is sought, State GRP is requested to provide the  information.  Based  on  the  data  provided  by  Government  Railway Police  Stations,  the  zone-wise  details  of  number  of  cases  of  theft  of passengers'  belongings  (TOPB)  and  cases  of  crimes  against  women passengers in trains registered along with number of persons arrested in such cases of crimes during the years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 over Indian Railways are appended.

(c):  The  following  steps  are  also  being  taken  by  the  Railways  in coordination with GRP for safety and security of passengers (including women  passengers) in trains and at stations:-

1. On  vulnerable  and  identified  routes/sections,  2200  trains  (on  an average) are escorted by Railway Protection Force daily in addition to  2200  trains  escorted  by  Government  Railway  Police  of  different States daily.
2. Security  Help  Line  number  182  is  made  operational  (24X7)  over Indian  Railways  for  security  related  assistance  to  passengers  in distress.

- Through various social media platforms viz. twitter, facebook etc., Railways are in regular touch with passengers including women to enhance  security  of  passengers  and  to  address  their  security
3. concern.
4. Ladies  Special  trains  running in Metropolitan  cities are being escorted by lady RPF personnel. In other trains, where escorts are provided, the train escorting parties have been briefed to keep extra vigil  on  the  lady  passengers  travelling  alone,  ladies  coaches  enroute and at halting stations.
5. Frequent announcements are made through Public Address System to educate passengers to take precautions against theft, snatching, drugging etc.
6. Drives  are  conducted  from  time  to  time  against  the  entry  of unauthorized persons in trains and in  railway premises.
- Regular coordination is made with the State Police/GRP authorities at  all  levels  for  prevention  of  crime,  registration  of  cases,  their investigation and maintenance of law & order in Railway premises
7. as well as on running trains.
8. In order to increase representation of women in RPF to the level of 10%,  4517  out  of  9739  vacancies  notified  in  the  year  2018  were notified for women. In this recruitment, 4376 women RPF personnel have been empanelled.
9. An  Integrated  Security  System  (ISS)  consisting  of  surveillance  of vulnerable stations through Close Circuit Television Camera Network,  Access  Control  etc.  has  been  sanctioned  to  improve surveillance mechanism over 202 railway stations.
10. CCTV cameras have been installed at 501 Railway stations and in 2019  coaches.  Works  are  sanctioned  for  installation  of  CCTV cameras at 6124 Railway stations and in 58276 coaches. Work for installation of CCTV at 6124 stations and 7020 coaches is targeted to be completed by March-2021 (Phase-1).

11. Emergency Talk Back system and Closed Circuit Television Surveillance Cameras have been provided in ladies compartments/coaches of all newly manufactured Electrical Multiple Unit (EMU) and Air conditioned rakes of Kolkata Metro. This system is  also  being  provided  in  all  newly  manufactured  air-conditioned EMU  rakes  and  underslung  MEMU  rakes.  Railways  have  already provided Emergency Talk Back system and CCTV in ladies compartments/coaches of existing 12 EMU rakes and 150 EMU/MEMU rakes respectively. Further, flasher lights are also being provided in ladies coaches in 15 nos. of EMU rakes in South Eastern Railway.  When  the  alarm  chain  of  the  coach  will  be  pulled,  these lights will start blinking and buzzer will start sounding till resetting of alarm chain.

The  amount  of  compensation  provided  to  the  victims  in  cases  of theft  of  passengers'  belongings  in  trains  registered  during  the  years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 over Indian Railways, is as under:

|   Year | Amount of compensation/relief provided to the victims   |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|   2014 | 2,52,000/-                                              |
|   2015 | 1,40,500/-                                              |
|   2016 | 3,25,550/-                                              |
|   2017 | 48,221/-                                                |
|   2018 | 73,055/-                                                |

No  compensation  has  been  provided  in  cases  of  crime  against  women passengers during the years 2014-18. The parameters being adopted for awarding compensation to such victims are orders of Consumer Courts.

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APPENDIX REFERRED  TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2619 BY SHRI PASUNOORI DAYAKAR, SHRI KOTHA  PRABHAKAR  REDDY,  SHRI  VENKATESH  NEHA  BORLAKUNTA AND  SHRIMATI  RITI  PATHAK  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 04.12.2019 REGARDING CRIME IN TRAINS

(a)  and  (b):  The  zone-wise  number  of  cases  of  theft  of  passengers' belongings  and  crimes  against  women  passengers  in  trains  registered along with number of persons arrested during the years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 over Indian Railways, are as under:-

| Zonal Railway   |      | Number of cases of crimes in trains registered   | Number of cases of crimes in trains registered   | Number of cases of crimes in trains registered   | Number of cases of crimes in trains registered   |
|-----------------|------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| Zonal Railway   | Year | Theft of passengers' belonging                   | Number of persons arrested                       | Crime against women passengers                   | Number of persons arrested                       |
|                 | 2014 | 1968                                             | 727                                              | 40                                               | 54                                               |
|                 | 2015 | 2423                                             | 751                                              | 56                                               | 59                                               |
|                 | 2016 | 2941                                             | 941                                              | 37                                               | 39                                               |
|                 | 2017 | 8616                                             | 1252                                             | 37                                               | 37                                               |
|                 | 2018 | 12660                                            | 1386                                             | 54                                               | 47                                               |
|                 | 2014 | 451                                              | 232                                              | 33                                               | 38                                               |
|                 | 2015 | 557                                              | 260                                              | 31                                               | 23                                               |
|                 | 2016 | 522                                              | 200                                              | 33                                               | 27                                               |
|                 | 2017 | 768                                              | 260                                              | 28                                               | 27                                               |
|                 | 2018 | 649                                              | 192                                              | 31                                               | 37                                               |
|                 | 2014 | 740                                              | 155                                              | 18                                               | 19                                               |
|                 | 2015 | 773                                              | 140                                              | 25                                               | 39                                               |
|                 | 2016 | 1240                                             | 145                                              | 25                                               | 32                                               |
|                 | 2017 | 867                                              | 203                                              | 16                                               | 17                                               |
|                 | 2018 | 886                                              | 278                                              | 9                                                | 13                                               |
|                 | 2014 | 86                                               | 15                                               | 8                                                | 15                                               |
|                 | 2015 | 105                                              | 19                                               | 4                                                | 2                                                |
|                 | 2016 | 135                                              | 20                                               | 4                                                | 4                                                |
|                 | 2017 | 124                                              | 28                                               | 6                                                | 3                                                |
|                 | 2018 | 117                                              | 18                                               | 15                                               | 16                                               |
|                 | 2014 | 1225                                             | 158                                              | 182                                              | 50                                               |
|                 | 2015 | 2121                                             | 301                                              | 253                                              | 144                                              |
|                 | 2016 | 1604                                             | 311                                              | 282                                              | 206                                              |
|                 | 2017 | 1536                                             | 426                                              | 422                                              | 313                                              |
|                 | 2018 | 958                                              | 276                                              | 388                                              | 208                                              |
|                 | 2014 | 489                                              | 74                                               | 13                                               | 15                                               |
|                 | 2015 | 860                                              | 90                                               | 21                                               | 28                                               |
|                 | 2016 | 872                                              | 74                                               | 26                                               | 22                                               |
|                 | 2017 | 1198                                             | 122                                              | 34                                               | 38                                               |
|                 | 2018 | 2245                                             | 240                                              | 38                                               | 38                                               |

|       |   2014 |   80 |   20 |   3 |   3 |
|-------|--------|------|------|-----|-----|
|       |   2015 |  139 |   21 |  10 |  10 |
|       |   2016 |  135 |   24 |  13 |  16 |
|       |   2017 |  153 |   39 |   8 |   7 |
|       |   2018 |   71 |   26 |   7 |   8 |
|       |   2014 |  158 |   34 |  13 |  21 |
|       |   2015 |  143 |   31 |   9 |   9 |
|       |   2016 |  220 |   36 |  13 |  12 |
|       |   2017 |  252 |   77 |  11 |  10 |
|       |   2018 |  176 |   59 |  15 |  12 |
|       |   2014 |  499 |  113 |  18 |  17 |
|       |   2015 |  475 |  122 |  21 |  13 |
|       |   2016 |  419 |   95 |  22 |  21 |
|       |   2017 |  445 |  128 |  23 |  25 |
|       |   2018 |  491 |  145 |  21 |  16 |
|       |   2014 |  615 |  362 | 160 | 154 |
|       |   2015 |  646 |  502 | 121 | 104 |
|       |   2016 |  581 |  207 | 164 | 148 |
|       |   2017 | 1350 |  734 | 197 | 163 |
|       |   2018 | 2986 | 1059 | 980 | 315 |
|       |   2014 | 1382 |  313 | 352 | 136 |
|       |   2015 | 1664 |  477 | 444 | 188 |
|       |   2016 | 1728 |  459 | 464 | 159 |
|       |   2017 | 2527 |  511 | 421 | 162 |
|       |   2018 | 2617 |  419 | 414 | 108 |
|       |   2014 |  148 |   30 |   6 |   7 |
|       |   2015 |  185 |   27 |   5 |  11 |
|       |   2016 |  354 |   74 |   8 |   9 |
|       |   2017 |  397 |   94 |   5 |   6 |
|       |   2018 |  390 |   75 |   8 |   9 |
| South |   2014 |   81 |   19 |   7 |  13 |
| South |   2015 |  143 |   13 |  12 |   8 |
| South |   2016 |  145 |    9 |  15 |  13 |
| South |   2017 |  201 |   25 |   6 |   2 |
| South |   2018 |  179 |   16 |   5 |   3 |
|       |   2014 |  348 |   19 |   2 |   1 |
|       |   2015 |  358 |   10 |   4 |   3 |
|       |   2016 |  450 |   42 |   2 |   1 |
|       |   2017 |  514 |   30 |   1 |   0 |
|       |   2018 |  401 |   25 |   3 |   4 |
|       |   2014 |  750 |  302 |  13 |  12 |
|       |   2015 | 1174 |  339 |  23 |  19 |
|       |   2016 | 1138 |  448 |  22 |  15 |
|       |   2017 | 3233 |  542 |  22 |  19 |
|       |   2018 | 4976 |  539 |  31 |  28 |
|       |   2014 | 1759 |  108 |  21 |  11 |
|       |   2015 | 1766 |   82 |  63 |  25 |
|       |   2016 | 2075 |  173 |  42 |  19 |
|       |   2018 | 2984 |  314 |  39 |  16 |

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