NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha today expressed concern over the theft of luggage of two woman MPs while travelling in the first class of long-distance trains.
Raising the issue in Rajya Sabha, Jharna Das Baidya of the CPI(M) and Sarojini Hembram of the BJD separately said they lost their luggage while travelling in long-distance trains.
Baidya, who lost her belongings when travelling to Kolkata, wondered what the plight of the common man would be if even luggage of MPs is stolen.
Hembram lost her belongings from the first class compartment on a train from Shirdi to Bhubaneshwar.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said in Rajya Sabha that it has come to his notice that some gangs operate on trains but expressed helplessness to check the crime as thieves buy tickets and travel by trains to carry out the task.
Goyal said the Government is planning to set up nearly two million CCTV cameras which will cover passenger trains, railway stations, railway offices and colonies in the country. (AGENCIES)
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