Railway Protection Force Raising Day – September 20
September 22 , 2019 1809 days 2885 0
Railway Protection Force (RPF) celebrated its 35th Raising Day on September 20.
It was celebrated to commemorate the conferring of the Armed Force status on RPF on par with the other paramilitary forces of the Union of India on September 20, 1985.
The force is under the authority of the Ministry of Railways.
It has the power to search, arrest, investigate and prosecute, though the ultimate power rests in the hands of the Union Government Railway Police.
Arun Kumar IPS is the current Director General of RPF.