my father travel frequently in aravali exp till MJ. with having precious goods with him. though there r RPF in train but he never trust on them . He said to me also that "khudki safety , khudke haath ma ha" if such incident happens than no one will come to rescue..
hence he stays always alert in the night journey . ...
in sep 2016 in suryanagri exp there were some elements who boarded the. coach from Palanpur.
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as soon as the train dep. the started their work by robbering the passengers goods , by showing knife . and after their target got acheived they pulled chain and immediately alighted from the coach and by taking advantage of darkness they ranned away..
at that time rpf was there but they were helpless to every genuine passenger... later at ABR passenger gatheted the rpf staafff and nothing could b done... if such os there , than why IR is employing rpf in coach , when they r of no use... many rpf have gun, but they dont know how to use it..
such kind of staff r been employed by IR which r burden for passengers