Question : Harassment of Passengers by RPF Personnel

(a) whether the Government has received cases of unnecessary harassment of train passengers and other persons by the personnel/officers of Government Railway Police/Railway Protection Force;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the zone-wise details of such cases received during the last three years and the current year;

(d) if so, whether the cases of inhuman treatment and human rights violation by the Government Railway Police in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh with a journalist have come to light and cases have been registered against the accused person under various sections of the Railway Act as published in the Dainik Jagran, Delhi dated 13.6.2019;

(e) if so, the details thereof; and

(f) the details of the action taken by the Government against the culprits?


Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

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