Bengaluru: A joint operation between Uttar Pradesh police and Railway Protection Force (RPF) led to the rescue of a 15-year-old girl in Yeshwantpur station on July 10, about 2,000km away from her home.The girl, who went missing from her house in UP’s Bijnor district, was intercepted along with a youth in an unreserved train compartment just minutes after the train pulled into the platform.It all began at 7am on July 10 when RPF Bengaluru received an urgent wireless message from UP about the missing minor. Acting quickly, RPF personnel got in touch with Arun Kumar, UP officer investigating the case. Kumar revealed the girl slipped away from her home with the 20-year-old youth without her parents’ consent and was believed to be on a train bound for Bengaluru. While UP police could identify the train — 16588 Bikaner-Yeshwantpur Express — they had no information about the coach.The only tangible clue the RPF had was the girl’s photograph, sent by Kumar via WhatsApp, along with a copy of the FIR. The data was forwarded to the RPF post at Yeshwantpur, and RPF teams and on-duty platform staff were deployed across the station, waiting for the train to arrive.When the train rolled into platform no. 6, officers began a meticulous, coach-by-coach sweep. The search paid off when officers spotted and identified both the minor and the man sitting in the crowded compartment. The duo was safely escorted to the station’s RPF post. During initial questioning, they admitted to fleeing their hometown without informing the girl’s family.Bengaluru RPF secured the duo and by 8:15pm that evening, Kumar arrived at Yeshwantpur station accompanied by the girl’s father.An FIR was already registered in UP under BNS Section 137(2) charging the youth with kidnapping a minor from lawful guardianship.BOXScooter sent on train to B’luru from Kota reaches M’luru insteadBengaluru: A scooter booked for delivery at Yeshwantpur railway station in Bengaluru ended up travelling over 300km beyond its destination to Mangaluru Saturday.Vaibhav Jain had sent the scooter from Kota, Rajasthan, by rail on July 1. It was due to reach Bengaluru Saturday, but railway staff failed to unload it, and it remained on the train until Mangaluru Central.After tracking the parcel, Vaibhav lodged a complaint on RailMadad portal. Though the complaint was initially closed without a satisfactory response, South Western Railway’s Bengaluru division later acknowledged that the parcel had been overcarried to Mangaluru. The scooter was then loaded onto another train to Bengaluru and reached Yeshwantpur Sunday morning.
