Over 160 Rapes Reported On Railway Premises, Trains From 2017-2019
Of the 44 rapes reported final 12 months, 36 had been dedicated on railway premises and 8 on trains
New Delhi:
Over 160 rape circumstances were reported on railway premises and on board working trains between 2017 and 2019, an RTI question has discovered.
Whilst the rapes have long past down from 51 in 2017 to 44 in 2019, there was once a spike in 2018 when the collection of such circumstances rose to 70.
Consistent with the answer to the question filed by way of activist Chandra Shekhar Gaur, there were 136 rapes on railway premises and 29 on working trains right through 2017-2019, totalling 165.
Of the 44 rapes reported final 12 months, 36 had been dedicated on railway premises and 8 on trains.
Of the 70 rapes reported in 2018, 59 had been reported on railway premises and 11 on trains.
Of the 51 rapes reported in 2017, 41 had been on railway premises and 10 on working trains.
There were 1,672 circumstances of crimes in opposition to girls rather then rapes — 802 on railway premises and 870 on trains.
There have been 771 circumstances of kidnapping in those 3 years, four,718 circumstances of theft, 213 circumstances of try to homicide and 542 murders on railway premises and on board trains.
Policing on railways is a state topic, prevention of crime, registration of circumstances, their investigation and upkeep of regulation and order on railway premises in addition to on working trains are the duty of state governments, which they discharge thru Executive Railway Police (GRP)/District Police.
Then again, the railways has taken a slew of measures to verify safety of girls.
In a respond to a query on safety of girls in railways, the ministry had knowledgeable Rajya Sabha final month that on susceptible and recognized routes or sections, 2,200 trains on a mean are escorted by way of the Railway Coverage Drive day-to-day along with 2,200 trains escorted by way of GRP of various states day-to-day.
Safety helpline 182 is made operational 24X7 over Indian Railways for security-related help to passengers in misery.
Drives are performed in opposition to access of male passengers into compartments reserved for girls passengers and individuals apprehended are prosecuted underneath phase 162 of The Railways Act, 1989.
All over 2018 and 2019, a complete of one,39,422 and 1,14,170 male passengers respectively were prosecuted for unauthorised access or shuttle in compartments reserved for girls passengers.
Girls Particular trains working in metropolitan towns are being escorted by way of girl RPF staff.
Mounted CCTV cameras were supplied in 2019 coaches (as much as November 2019) and 511 railway stations (as much as December 2019) for boosting safety of passengers.
Those measures appear to have borne fruit with a dip in crimes throughout railways.
Whilst in 2019, there have been 55,826 general reported crimes in railway premises and on board trains, in 2017, the quantity was once 71,055.
