There has been more than threefold increase in the number of arrests made by the the Railway Protection Force (RPF) from 2014 to last year, official figures have shown. In 2014, the number of arrests made by the force was 1,381, which rose to 6,367 last year.

"From its role of protection and safeguarding railway property to role of passenger security and passenger facilitation, the RPF kept revising its objectives and priorities over time. The role regarding passenger security and facilitation has been gaining prominence over the last 25 years," said RPF Director General (DG) Arun Kumar.