RPF rescues 4 missing girls at Prayagraj station

Prayagraj: Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel on Friday rescued four minor girls from Kanpur Nagar at Prayagraj Junction after intensive CCTV surveillance and a search operation.Officials said Kanpur police alerted RPF that four girls had gone missing from Jajmau earlier in the day.RPF inspector Amit Kumar Meena said the girls, all classmates, had planned to travel to Ujjain after school hours.“They were seen boarding a Prayagraj-bound train. We monitored all incoming trains from Kanpur. The girls got down at Fatehpur and later boarded another train towards Prayagraj,” he said.Meena shared their photographs with personnel at Prayagraj and launched a coordinated search across platforms, trains and station premises using CCTV monitoring.During the surveillance, the girls were spotted moving on platforms 4/5. RPF and Government Railway Police (GRP) teams rushed to the spot and safely took them into protective custody.The girls were taken to the RPF post under the supervision of the ‘Meri Saheli’ team, led by woman constable Priyanka Devi. Jajmau police were immediately informed, following which a team led by sub-inspectors Arun Kumar Ojha and Sankalp Pandey reached Prayagraj for verification.Police confirmed that a missing persons FIR had been registered at Jajmau police station. After completing legal formalities, the girls were handed over to their families.