New Delhi: 21 pickpocketers were arrested and fined Rs 4,200 on Saturday as part of a special crackdown by CISF security personnel in the Delhi Metro.
The operation was carried out in the yellow line (Samaypur Badli-Huda City Centre) of the Metro by the plainclothes wearing intelligence wing personnel of Central Industrial Security Force, officials said.
"These pickpocketers were fined a total of Rs 4,200 as per Delhi Metro rules and were later sent out of the Metro.
"Such drives will be undertaken in other lines of the rail system in coming days," a senior official said.
An average of 26 lakh people take the Delhi Metro everyday to reach their destinations in the national capital region of Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Faridabad.
The operation was carried out in the yellow line (Samaypur Badli-Huda City Centre) of the Metro by the plainclothes wearing intelligence wing personnel of Central Industrial Security Force, officials said.
"These pickpocketers were fined a total of Rs 4,200 as per Delhi Metro rules and were later sent out of the Metro.
An average of 26 lakh people take the Delhi Metro everyday to reach their destinations in the national capital region of Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Faridabad.
Advertisement
COMMENTS
Advertisement
Woman Dies After Jumping Off Elevated Platform At Delhi Metro Station: Cops Delhi Metro Launches International Flight Check-In Services At These Stations Video: Man Trying To Stop A Fight At Delhi Metro Station Ends Up Getting Slapped, Internet Reacts Windows Computers Lead To 'Blue Screen Of Death' Due To CrowdStrike Error Massive Worldwide Microsoft Outage: Flights, Markets, Stock Exchange Down Microsoft 'Blue Screen Of Death' Outage: Full List Of Services Hit In India Study Abroad: Top 10 Management Universities In United Kingdom "Reason Identified, Updates Released": India On Massive Microsoft Outage UPSC Cracks Down, Says Puja Khedkar Faked Identity, Parents' Name, Address Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.