Title - Government Railway Police mulls videography of passengers

LUCKNOW: The Government Railway Police (GRP) Uttar Pradesh has decided to videograph passengers of reserved compartments at the junction from where their train originates in order to maintain an identification directory for reference in case of a crime during the journey. The decision was taken by the DGP GRP Rizwan Ahmed at a meeting of the GRP officials on Sunday.

Addressing the meeting, Ahmed said a pilot project has been launched for close-circuit television coverage of platforms in Lucknow and Moradabad divisions and the results have been encouraging. Hence the department is now in consultation with the railway authorities to extend the project in other divisions in the state. He said the GRP has already been instructed to paste stickers inside the compartments which have the cell phone numbers of the in charge of all the GRP stations that fall on the route of the particular train. The stickers also contain phone numbers of the GRP control at the GRP headquarters in Lucknow which can be contacted by passengers in time of distress.