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For the first time, South Central Railway has women officers heading five key departments , Operations, Commercial, Finance, Security and Medical. The officers are ensuring efficient train operations, passenger safety, financial discipline and healthcare across the zone, officials said.

Two South Central Railway RPF officers, G Madhusudana Rao and K Rajagopala Reddy, have been awarded the President’s Police Medal for meritorious service on Independence Day 2025. Both officers have long, decorated careers in passenger safety and law enforcement.

Under ‘Operation Amanat’, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of South Central Railway (SCR) successfully recovered 21 lost mobile phones in July. Nine phones have already been returned to their owners. A total of 169 complaints were received across the SCR zone, leading to the blocking of 139 phones, with traceability detected in 52 cases.

The incident occurred aboard the Indore–Daund Express, where a 73-year-old senior citizen and a resident of Indore discovered her handbag missing when she woke up early in the morning on June 20.

The South Central Railway's RPF registered 128 stone-pelting cases and 29 sabotage cases until May this year, arresting 135 individuals. SCR GM Arun Kumar Jain urged public cooperation and warned of serious consequences for actions endangering passenger safety and railway property

The suspects who started begging at various traffic junctions in the city and in trains, eventually targeted passengers found traveling alone. They threatened and extorted money from them

The Railway Protection Force has intensified its efforts under ‘Operation Amanat’ by effectively leveraging digital tools to trace and recover lost mobile phones

The RPF and GRP carried out comprehensive frisking and anti-sabotage operations across various key areas of the station. These included waiting halls, circulating area, trains and platforms.

Shiva Kumar from Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh concealed the liquor bottles in luggage and arrived at the Hyderabad railway station in Hisar Express from Haryana, TG Excise Act

The arrested persons are Sushant Kumar Swain (23), a private employee from Odisha and Karan Iyappan Shetty (26), a cab driver from Maharashtra

The arrested persons are Ananta Rait and Suresh Badaraita, both agricultural workers turned drug peddlers from Gajapati district in Odisha. The absconding person is Kiran, also from Odisha.

Multi agency security dialogue aimed to foster greater collaboration and coordination among various security agencies to address emerging security challenges

In separate incidents the GRP and RPF teams arrest three persons involved in drug smuggling, at Secunderabad railway station

According to police officials, the parking stand was set up for railway employees and because of the fire there has been a lot of damage

South Central Railway (SCR) authorities have urged passengers to avoid purchasing tickets from touts or traveling without a valid ticket. They advised passengers to refrain from buying tickets from unauthorized sources, even if uncertain.

A total of 850 special trains will be operated on popular routes including six major routes originating from Secunderabad to accommodate the extra rush of passengers.

The arrested individual has been identified as Subhash Baheshwar (39), a centering worker from Mettuguda originally from Madhya Pradesh. Officials stated that Subhash held a grudge against Nisad Ram, who had been abusing and assaulting him for money in recent days. This prompted Subhash to seek an opportunity to eliminate him.

The Railway Protection Force filed a complaint against unknown miscreants, however, no suspects were found at the scene

Loco pilot of goods train travelling from Bathinda to BWL Kori spotted rods, which were removed by the pointsman and the assistant station master

It was found that the cylinder was of five-kg capacity and empty, it was removed from the track, say police officials