RPF jawan from Gwalior to be first 'Captain Rlys'

NEW DELHI: If the US has ‘Captain America’ to look up to in times of distress, the world’s largest passenger carrier will now have its own ‘Captain Railways’. But unlike the popular film character based on American comics, Captain Railways will be a good samaritan who has gone beyond the call of duty to help migrant labourers travelling home on Shramik Specials.
The first to get the title -- and a cash reward -- will go to RPF (Railway Protection Force) constable Inder Singh Yadav who ran after a carriage to deliver milk for the 4-year-old kid of a woman travelling on the Belgaum-Gorakhpur Shramik Special No 06299 on May 5 even as the train was pulling out of Bhopal station.
According to sources, when the train pulled up at platform no. 1 of Bhopal station at 8.45 p.m, Yadav, 33, was on platform duty at the time. He noticed the woman passenger beckoning at him. Upon inquiry, she requested Yadav for milk, saying her kid was hungry and wouldn't stop crying as she couldn't arrange milk since the train left Belgaum.
Without thinking twice, Yadav, who is from Gwalior, rushed out to buy milk. But as he returned, he saw the train chugging out. Even as the train gathered speed, he ran after the woman’s carriage and managed to hand over the milk packet -- holding his rifle in one hand and the milk packet in the other.
Yadav had joined the RPF in 2009 and has been stationed at Bhopal for the last five years. Earlier, he was at Lucknow.
Surely, Yadav has proven that the man in khaki is not just an officer, he is also a gentleman.
The Railways has run 4,197 Shramik Specials from various states as of June 3, taking more than 58 lakh migrant labourers back to their homes in 34 days. The top five states/Union territories from where maximum trains originated are Gujarat (1,026 trains), Maharashtra (802), Punjab (416), Uttar Pradesh (294) and Bihar (294). In addition to Shramik specials, Railways is running 15 pairs of special Rajdhani-type trains connecting New Delhi and has started 200 schedule services.