Recent attacks on moving trains raise questions about security checks at railway stations and in running trains. Miscreants stabbed a housekeeping staff member to death and assaulted a TTE in a reserved coach. Concerns about safety of passengers have been highlighted. SWR security standards have been criticized, and demands for increased security staff have been made by various organizations and passengers. Incidents of violence on trains have raised alarms for the need for improved security measures in Indian Railways.
Four special teams have been formed to investigate the attack on a train where passengers were attacked with a knife. The Railway Protection Force, Govt Railway Police, and local police are leading the investigation to trace the accused. The family of the victim will be compensated by the railway department. A case has been registered under various IPC sections with regard to the assault.
A 23-year-old coach-cleaning staffer died of knife wounds, a ticket examiner and a passenger suffered injuries in an unprovoked attack on board a sleeper coach of a Mumbai-bound express train. The attacker is said to be absconding. The attack delayed the train schedule at least by one hour.