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21 pickpockets arrested in Metro

NEW DELHI: Twnety-one pickpockets were apprehended and fined Rs 4,200 on Saturday as part of a special crackdown by CISF security personnel in the Delhi Metro.

Published on: Jun 26, 2016, 10:18:16 IST
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NEW DELHI: Twnety-one pickpockets were apprehended and fined Rs 4,200 on Saturday as part of a special crackdown by CISF security personnel in the Delhi Metro.

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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 pickpockets were fined a total of ` 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.

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