The incident was reported at the Phoolbagan Metro Station
Kolkata: RPF personnel at Phoolbagan Metro Station apprehended a 19-year-old youth on Monday evening after he breached the rear driving cabin of an operational train using an unauthorised key, triggering a major security alert along Kolkata Metro’s Green Line. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Kolkata | Silver Rate in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata | Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Petrol Price in Kolkata | Diesel Price in Kolkata | CNG Price in Kolkata | LPG Price in Kolkata Stay updated with the latest Kolkata news. As of Thursday evening, there was no official Metro response on the incident. Download the TOI App.
The suspect, Aritra Banerjee from Teghoria Park in Hooghly’s Adisaptagram, was intercepted at 7.34 pm, within minutes of the Traffic Controller and Operation Control Centre (OCC) raising an alert, at 7.31 pm. The suspect was formally handed over to local law enforcement in presence of metro officials, including shift-in-charge of Phoolbagan station Razik Ahmad, the traffic inspector for the Green Line, and Sachchida Nand Kumar, IC of the RPF Post at Central Park Depot (CPD). A probe is underway to determine how the youth acquired the key and whether he had any broader motives for trespassing into the restricted area. Investigators are probing if the key had been hanging by the driver’s cabin or was a duplicate made by an outside vendor, or procured through an insider source.
RPF personnel, including constable Rameshwar, intercepted Banerjee shortly after he stepped out of the train cabin. During initial questioning, the teenager admitted to using an unauthorised key to enter the cabin.