Railway police alerts Kerala over movement of Rohingyas

TheRailway Protection Force(RPF) has alerted theKeralaauthorities to watch out for the movement of a large number of Rohingya refugees in groups with their families toKerala.

The RPF has issued a warning with a list of 14 trains on which the refugees fromMyanmarare mostly moving from the northeastern states.

In a letter sent by theChief Security CommissionerofSouthern Railwayto the divisional security commissioners of Chennai, Madurai, Salem, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, and Trichy, the authorities have been asked to hand the Rohingyas over to police if they are found travelling on rails.

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"If found in these trains, they may be handed over to the local police. An action taken report should be sent," the letter read.

A large number of Rohingya refugees have taken shelter inIndiaand Bangladesh, and are staying in refugee camps, fleeing persecution in their country since August last year.