Unidentified persons booked after 2-yr-old girl is found abandoned inside train

Unidentified persons have been booked after a 2yearold girl was found abandoned inside an express train a Kalyan railway police station official said on Friday reported news agency PTIThe child was spotted by passengers of Shirdi Sainagar Express on Wednesday and their search for her parents on board drew a blank after which they called police he said reported PTIShe was first taken to a hospital for a check up and then lodged in a shelter home he said reported PTIA case was registered under section 317 abandoning child under 12 years of age of the Indian Penal Code and a hunt was on to trace and nab the accused the official addedIn another incident the Railway Protection Force RPF has reunited a 20yearold intellectuallychallenged man from Bihar with his family which believed that he was dead and had even conducted his last rites reported PTIArjun Kumar went missing last August after he left for his hometown in Bihar from Himachal Pradesh where his parents worked an official said on Friday reported PTIThe RPF found him begging near the Kalyan railway station in Thane district near MumbaiSenior divisional security commissioner RPF Mumbai Rishi Kumar Shukla received a message about the youth roaming around the Kalyan railway station and asked officials to find himWe found him but he did not respond to any questions about his hometown and family He only said his name was Arjun Kumar and did not know how he ended up in Kalyan said Rakesh Kumar a senior RPF official reported PTIHe was very weak after days of begging so RPF officials ensured that he was fed properly and taken care of hoping that he would reveal more about himself after recovering reported PTIThough he did not offer much information the officials guessed that he belonged to Patna district as he spoke the local Magahi dialect reported PTIThe RPF Kalyan then contacted multiple police stations in Patna and also used social media platforms to seek informationTheir collaborative efforts bore fruit when they received information from Dulhin Bazar police station confirming Arjuns identity and his familys address Rakesh Kumar said reported PTIPolice then contacted his father Ganhori Das who works as a security guard at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh Arjun was finally reunited with his family on Thursday reported PTIHis family only knew that he had left for Bihar by train before he went missing When the search proved futile the family conducted his last rites in February 2024 on suggestion of their relatives presuming that he was dead reported PTIIt was an emotional moment when they met him on ThursdayThis reunion is a testament to the RPFs unwavering dedication to protect and assist the community This successful outcome underscores the importance of collective effort and compassion of Central Railway in safeguarding the welfare of every individual within communities an official release saidWith inputs from PTI