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Railway Protection Force Western Railway

RPF is a statutory Force constituted under the Railway Protection Force Act 1957. It is an Armed Force of the Union.

To remove any obstruction in the movement of railway property.

To perform other functions of an armed force of the Union and to exercise powers of a railway servant as conferred by or under the Indian Railways Act, 1890."

To identify potential situations where crime can take place (against railway property, be it static, in-transit or mobile) and effect remedial measures.

Facilitate passenger-travel and security by removing all anti-social elements from trains, railway premises and passenger area.

Remain vigilant to prevent trafficking in women and children and take appropriate action to rehabilitate destitute children found in Railway areas.

Co-operate with other departments of the Railways in improving the efficiency and image of the Indian Railways.

Act as a bridge between the Government Railway Police/local police and the Railway administration.

Adopt proactively all modern technology, best human rights practices, management techniques and special measures for protection of female and elderly passengers and children, in the pursuit of these objectives.

To register and take up enquires under the Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act 1966, apprehend the offenders & participate in subsequent legal proceedings.

DUTIES OF MEMBERS OF THE FORCE AS PER SECTION 11 OF RPF ACT 1957 AMENDED 2003.

(A) Promptly to obey and execute all orders lawfully issued to him by his Superior Authority.     

(B) To protect and safeguard Railway Property, Passenger Area and Passengers,         

(C) To remove any obstruction in the movement of Railway Property or Passenger Area.

(D)To do any other act conducive to the better protection and security of Railway Property,
Passenger Area and Passengers.

MISSION STATEMENT--------------We shall

·Protect and safeguard Railway Passengers, Passenger area and Railway property.

·Ensure the safety, security and boost the confidence of the traveling public on the Indian Railways.

 OBJECTIVES-----------------------We shall

·Carry on an unrelenting fight against criminals in protecting Railway Passengers, Passenger area and Railway property.

·Facilitate passenger-travel and security by removing all anti-social elements from trains, railway premises and passenger area.

·Remain vigilant to prevent trafficking in women and children and take appropriate action to rehabilitate destitute children found in Railway area.

·Co-operate with other departments of the Railways in improving the efficiency and image of the Indian Railways.

·Act as a bridge between the Government Railway Police/Local Police and the Railway Administration.

·Adopt pro-actively all modern technology, best human rights practices, management Techniques and special measures for protection of female and elderly passengers and children, in the pursuit of these objectives. 

The information concerning to theft and pilferage of Railway property, Railway Material etc. may be given to any of the following officers in personally or by telephone or by post, such information will be treated as strictly confidential. The information will be rewarded if the information leads to recovery of substantial amount of property and conviction of criminals.

SR.NO

(क्र.स )

NAME & DESIGNATION( नाम व् पदनाम )

TELEPHONE NUMBER

(दूरभाष नंबर )

E. MAIL ID

1.

SHRI P.C. SINHA, (IG –CUM- PRINCIPAL CHIEF SECURITY COMMISSIONER/RPF, WESTERN RAILWAY, CHURCHGATE, MUMBAI-400020/ 

श्रीपी. सी. सिन्हा(महानिरीक्षक एवं प्रधान मुख्या सुरक्षा आयुक्त) रेलवे सुरक्षा बलपश्चिम रेलवेचर्चगेटमुंबई -४०००२०

27740988

pcsc@wr.railnet.gov.in

2.

SHRI RAJEEV KUMAR YADAV, DIG- CUM- CHIEF SECURITY COMMISSIONER/RPF, WESTERN RAILWAY, CHURCHGATE, MUMBAI–400020./ 

श्रीराजीव कुमार यादव( उप-महानिरीक्षक एवं मुख्या सुरक्षा आयुक्त) ) रेलवे सुरक्षा बलपश्चिम रेलवेचर्चगेटमुंबई -४०००२०

22017308

csc@wr.railnet.gov.in

3.

SHRI Dharmraj Ram, SECURITY COMMISSIONER/RPF, WESTERN RAILWAY, CHURCHGATE, MUMBAI–400020./ 

श्री. धर्मराज राम सुरक्षा आयुक्त, ( मुख्यालय ) रेलवे सुरक्षा बलपश्चिम रेलवेचर्चगेटमुंबई -४०००२०

22017090

dycsc@wr.railnet.gov.in

4.

SHRI AMARESH SINHA, SO TO PCSC, WESTERN RAILWAY, CHURCHGATE, MUMBAI–400020./

श्रीअमरेश सिन्हास्टाफ अधिकारी (मुख्यालय) ) रेलवे सुरक्षा बलपश्चिम रेलवेचर्चगेटमुंबई -४०००१३

22263

socsc@railnet.gov.in

5.

SHRI S.K Gangopadhyay, ASST. SECURITY COMMISSIONER (PS) WESTERN RAILWAY, CHURCHGATE, MUMBAI-400020/

श्री.एस.के.गंगोपाध्यायसहायक सुरक्षा आयुक्त, (यात्री सुरक्षा) रेलवे सुरक्षा बलपश्चिम रेलवेचर्चगेटमुंबई -४०००२०

22264

ascps@wr.railnet.gov.in

6.

SHRI M.K. KHAN, ASSTT. SECURITY COMMISSIONER (SIB) WESTERN RAILWAY, CHURCHGATE, MUMBAI -400 020

श्रीएम. के. खानसहायक सुरक्षा आयुक्त ( विशेष आसूचना शाखा ) रेलवे सुरक्षा बलपश्चिम रेलवेचर्चगेटमुंबई -४०००१३

23170

sibwrccg@gmail.com

7.

SHRI Niraj Kumar , ASSTT. SECURITY COMMISSIONER (ASC/CIB/HQ) WESTERN RAILWAY, CHURCHGATE, MUMBAI -400 020

श्री. नीरज कुमार , सहायक सुरक्षा आयुक्त (अपराध आसूचना    शाखा ) रेलवे सुरक्षा बलपश्चिम रेलवेचर्चगेट मुंबई -४०००२०

22266

8.

ZONAL SECURITY CONTROL ROOM, PCSC OFFICE, WESTERN RAILWAY, CHURCHGATE, MUMBAI – 400 020

जोनल सिक्यूरिटी कंट्रोल रूम ( प्रधान मुख्या सुरक्षा आयुक्त कार्यालय ) रेलवे सुरक्षा बलपश्चिम रेलवेचर्चगेट मुंबई -४०००२०

22280, 22265, 22039139

zscrwr@wr.railnet.gov.in

 

 

 

PUBLIC SERVICE (यात्री सेवाए)

List of Sr. Divisional Security Commissioners, Divisional Security Commissioners and Security Commissioners and their Phone numbers at Divisional level.

   S.NO.(क्र.स )

    DIVISION( मंडल )

NAME & DESIGNATION ( नाम व् पदनाम )

TELEPHONE NUMBER(दूरभाष नंबर )

     1.

MUMBAI

(मुंबई )

SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR SINGH RATHOD, SR.DSC

श्री.संतोष कुमार सिंह राठोड, वरिष्ठ मंडल सुरक्षा आयुक्त

23080700

     2.

VADODARA

(वड़ोदरा )

SHRI R.S. SINGH, DSC

श्री.राम शंकर सिंह मंडल सुरक्षा आयुक्त

26502650

     3.

AHMEDABAD

(अहमदाबाद )

SHRI I. IBRAHIM SHERIFF, SR. DSC

श्री.ए .इब्राहिम शरीफवरिष्ठ मंडल सुरक्षा आयुक्त

22205200

     4.

RATLAM

(रतलाम )

SHRI MITHUN SONI, SR.DSC

श्री. मिथुन सोनीवरिष्ठमंडल सुरक्षा आयुक्त

235853

     5.

RAJKOT

(राजकोट )

SHRI PAWAN SRIVASTAV, DSC

श्री. पवन श्रीवास्तवमंडल सुरक्षा आयुक्त

2476762

     6.

BHAVNAGAR

(भावनगर )

SHRI RAMRAJ MEENA SR.DSC

श्रीरामराज मीणा वरिष्ठ मंडल सुरक्षा आयुक्त

2445620

Railway Protection Force Assistance Booth renders service to the traveling public by way of providing information about running of trains, local hospitals, hotels, tourist places etc.

Details of “May I Help You” Booths over Western Railway (रेलवेसुरक्षाबलसहायता बूथ)

DIVISION- मंडल

RPF ASSISTANCE BOOTHS- रेलवे सुरक्षा बलसहायता बूथ

MUMBAI-मुंबई

MUMBAI CENTRAL STATION, CHURCHGATE, BANDRA TERMINUS,

मुंबई सेंट्रल स्टेशनचर्चगेटबान्द्रा टर्मिनस.

RATLAM- रतलाम

RATLAM STATION, रतलामस्टेशन

AHMEDABAD- अहमदाबाद

AHMEDABAD STATION, अहमदाबादस्टेशन

RAJKOT-राजकोट

JAMNAGAR STATION, जामनगर स्टेशन

BHAVNAGAR- भावनगर

BHAVNAGAR TERMINUS, भावनगर टर्मिनस

 

 

 

Foreign/Domestic tours of PCSC/WR

Note:- Compliance with the proactive Discloser u/s 4 of the RTI Act by the Public Authorities

Year

Place Visited

The period of visit

The number of members in the official delegation

Expenditure on the visit

2020

No

No

No

No

2021

New Delhi

1 Day

Self

12318 /-

01/02-12-2021

New Delhi

2 Day

Self

14418 /-

3/03-03-2022

New Delhi

3 Day

Self

13356 /-

03/04-03-2022

New Delhi

2 Day

Self

14838 /-

16/18-05-2022

New Delhi

3 day

Self

16308 /-

25/28-05-2022

New Delhi

4 Day

Self

17358 /

22/24-08-2022

New Delhi

3 Day

Self

17148/-

19/21-09-2022

Lucknow

3 Day

Self

13737 /-

27-09-2022

New Delhi

1 Day

Self

17148/-

20/24-02-2023

Jaipur

4 Day

Self

13314/-

27/28-02-2023

Bhopal

2 Day

Self

16282/-

02/03.03.2023

New Delhi

2 Day

Self

24076/-

09/12/04/2023

New Delhi

4 Day

Self

13311/-

 

LEGAL POWERS OF RPF

A)Powers under RPF Act 1957 (Amendment 2003)

Section 12 – Powers to arrest without warrant: -

Any member of the Force may, without an order from a Magistrate and without a warrant, arrest:

(i)    Any person, who voluntarily  causes hurt to, or attempts voluntarily to cause hurt to, or wrongfully restraints or attempts wrongfully to restraint, or assaults, threatens to assault, or uses or threatens or attempts to use, criminal force to him or any other member of the Force in the execution of his duty as such member, or with intent to prevent or to deter him from discharging his duty as such members or in consequence or anything done or attempted to be done by him in the lawful discharge of his duty as such member; or

(ii)   Any person who has been concerned in or against whom a reasonable suspicion exists of his having been concerned in, or who is found taking precautions to conceal his presence under circumstances which afford reason to believe that he is taking such precautions with a view to committing a cognizable offence which relates to railway property, passenger area and passengers.

(iii)   Any person found taking precautions to conceal his presence within the railway limits under circumstances which afford reason to believe that he is taking such precautions with a view to committing theft of, or damage to railway property, passenger area and passengers.

(iv)   Any person who commits or attempts to commit a cognizable offence which involves or which is likely to involve imminent danger to the life of any person engaged in carrying on any work relating to railway property, passenger area and passengers.  

Section 13 - Powers to search without warrant: -

1.   Whenever any member of the Force, not below the rank of a Senior Rakshak, has reason to believe that any such offence as is referred to in section 12 has been or is being committed and that a search warrant cannot be obtained without affording the offender an opportunity of escaping or of concealing evidence of the offence he may detain him and search his person and belongings forthwith and, if he thinks proper arrest any person whom he has reason to believe to have committed the offence.

2.  The provision of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 relating to searches under that Code shall, so far as May, be applied to searches under this section.

B. Powers under Railway Act 1989 (Amended 2003) with effect from 01.07.2004

Any member of the Force can detect & prosecute any who violates the provision of Railway Acts for the following offences.

I

I

Section

137

Fraudulently Traveling Without Proper Pass Or Ticket.

II

Section 

138

Levy of Excess Charges and Fare for Traveling Without Ticket. 

III

Section

139

Power To Remove Persons Failing Or Refusing To Pay The Fare.

IV

Section

141

Needlessly Interfering With Means Of Communications.

V

Section  

142

Penalty For Transfer Of Tickets.

VI

Section

143

Penalty For Unauthorized Selling Of Tickets.

II

Section

144

Unauthorized Hawking And Begging.

II

Section

145

Drunkenness Or Nuisance.

III

Section

146

Obstructing Railway Servant In His Duty.

IV

Section

147

Trespass.

IV

Section 

153

Endangering Safety Of Traveling Passengers By Railway By Willful Act Or Omission.

VI

Section

154

Endangering Safety Of Traveling Passengers By Negligent Act Or Omission.

III

I

Section

155

Entering Into Reserved Compartment Or Resisting Entry To A Reserved Compartment.

II

Section

156

Traveling On Roof, Steps Or Engine Of A Train.

III

Section

157

Altering Or Defacing By Pass Or Ticket.

IV

Section

159

Disobedience By Drivers Or Conductors Of Vehicles To Directions Of Railway Servants.

V

Section

160

Opening Or Breaking A Level Crossing Gate.

VI

Section

161

Negligently Crossing Unmanned Level Crossing.

IV

I

Section

162

Entering Carriage Or Place Reserved For Females.

II

Section

163

Giving False Accounts Of Goods.

III

Section

164

Unlawfully Bringing Dangerous Goods On Railways.

IV

Section

165

Unlawfully Bringing Offensive Goods On A Railway.

V

Section

166

Defacing Public Notices.

VI

Section

167

Smoking.

V

I

Section

172

Penalty For Intoxication.

II

Section

173

Abandoning Train Etc. Without Authority.

III

Section

174

Obstructing Running Of Trains Etc.

IV

Section

175

Endangering The Safety Of Persons By Disobeying The Rules.

V

Section

176

Obstructing Level Crossing.

The offenders so apprehended/detected and arrested for the above offences shall be prosecuted by the "Authorized Officer"(after investigating the case.

Railway Act cases

Division wise for the year 2021-2022

2021

Division

No. of Persons

Fine Realized (Rs.)

Jail

Arrested

Convicted

BCT

61003

60118

21062537

42

BRC

15249

13798

3166400

5

ADI

13629

13051

3193130

2

RTM

1220

11880

2479130

3

RJT

6036

5093

661150

18

BVP

4825

4039

701090

2

TOTAL

101962

107979

31263437

72

 

2022

Division

No. of Persons

Fine Realized (Rs.)

Jail

Arrested

Convicted

BCT

83016

82617

32138095

53

BRC

26327

24647

4220660

5

ADI

20179

20024

4347450

22

RTM

23339

23225

4932390

2

RJT

8254

7980

1292050

1

BVP

8081

7786

1418920

1

TOTAL

169196

166279

48349565

84

Railway Act Total Summary 2021, 2022

Summary

Years

No. of Persons

Fine Realized (Rs.)

Jail

Arrested

Convicted

2021

101962

107979

31263437

72

2022

169196

166279

48349565

84

Action taken against touts.

Year

No of case Register

No of person Arrested

No of the ticket seized

Value of ticket seized.

No of IRCTC U- IDs blocked

Future journey

Past journey

Future journey

Past journey

2021

684 

734 

3195

12068

5342831

 16129948

3397 

2022

629

761

7775

77283

18461215

307881787

81148

Powers under "Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act 1966"

The member of the Force can apprehend/detect a person:
Section 3
 -Penalty for theft, dishonest misappropriation or unlawful possession of Railway property:  Whoever commits theft, or dishonestly misappropriates or is found, or is proved to have been in possession of any railway property reasonably suspected of having been stolen or unlawfully obtained shall, unless he proves that the railway property came into his possession lawfully, be punishable –

(a) for the first offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both and in the absence of special and adequate reasons to be mentioned in the judgment of the court, such imprisonment shall not be less than one year and such fine shall not be less than one thousand rupees.

(b) for the second or a subsequent offence with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years and also with fine and in the absence of special and adequate reasons to be mentioned in the judgment of the court, such imprisonment shall not be less than two years and such fine shall not be less than two thousand rupees.

          Explanation: For the purposes of this section, “theft” and “dishonest misappropriation” shall have the same meaning as assigned to them respectively in section 378 and section 403 of the Indian Penal Code.

Section 4 - Punishment for abetment, conspiracy or connivance at offences: Whoever abets or conspires in the commission of an offence punishable under this Act, or any owner or occupier of land or building, or any agent of such owner or occupier in-charge of the management of that land or building, who willfully connives at an offence against the provisions of this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both.

 Explanation: - For the purposes of this section, the words “abet” and “conspire” shall have the same meanings as assigned to them respectively in section 107 and 120A of Indian Penal Code.

PERFORMANCE OF RPF OVER WESTERN RAILWAY FOR THE YEAR, 2021& 2022

No. of cases registered under Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act

A. Booked Consignment

Year

No of cases registered

Total No of cases detected

Value of property stolen

Value of property recovered

persons arrested

2021

 23

20

418450

380450

54

2022

25

21

660779

590499

98

B.  Railway Material

Year

No of cases registered

Total No of cases detected

Value of property stolen

Value of property recovered

persons arrested

2021

 276

 264

6080873

5870549

 775

2022

424

404

5616041

4891639

1075

C.  Booked Consignment +Railway Material (Total of A&B)

Year

No of cases registered

Total No of cases detected

Value of property stolen

Value of property recovered

persons arrested

2021

 299

284

6499323 

6250999 

 829

2022

449

425

6276820

5482138

1173

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apart from above task RPF Western Railway performed various Social commendable job by helping passengers Rescue of Minors.

Years

No. of Rescue

Boys

Girls

2021

 385

212 

2022

649

325

 

Recovery of Passengers Left behind Property

Years

Recovered Property

No. of Articles

Value in Rs.

2021

1318 

 25784852

2022

2605

53403977

Arrest of Criminals involved in crime against Passengers by RPF

Years

Criminals handed over to GRP

2021

263

2022

556

 

Arrest under other IPC Crime & other Acts by RPF

Year

Criminals handed over to GRP

Value of Recovered Items.

Liquor

Gutkha

Ganja

Charas

Drug

Liquor

Gutkha

Ganja

Charas

Drug

2021

350

9

10

3

03

1999516

639725

2707470

250000

3.0 Cr

2022

425

21

14

1

0

155675

2826191

2135770

200000

0

 





Source : Western Railway CMS Team Last Reviewed : 19-07-2023  


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