On July 5, a vigilant passenger, Adarsh Shrivastava, saved the lives of 26 minor girls by rescuing them from a suspected human-trafficking with the help of Railway officials and Police.
Luckily, the railways responded quickly alerting GRP and RPF. At Kapatanagaj station RPF staff in normal clothes boarded the train and escorted the minors till Gorakhpur, where the girls were deboarded and were taken to Gorakhpur police station.
On July 5, Twitter user, Adarsh Shrivastava (@AdarshS74227065 ) onboard on S5 of the Muzaffarpur-Bandra Avadh Express, grew concerned looking at a group of uncomfortable girls. He quickly posted a tweet with details of the train’s location and next two stops tagging Prime Mnister Narendra Modi, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath among others.
All the Minor Girls hail from West Champaran in Bihar. They were unable to give convincing answers during the questioning. All of them were handed over to the Child Welfare Committee and the information was passed to their parents. The two men were arrested and interrogated.