Shri K. Arul Jothi took charge as Inspector General cum Principal Chief Security Commissioner (IG-cum-PCSC) of Northeast Frontier Railway o­n 24^th March, 2023. He is an officer from the 1995 batch of Civil Services Exam. As IG-cum-PCSC he will be the security custodian of all Railway assets, structures including track and fixtures, rolling stock, signalling gears and Railway buildings and establishments like Station premises, Booking Offices, Administrative Head Quarters etc. within the jurisdiction of N. F. Railway i.e. all north-eastern states including Sikkim and parts of West Bengal and Bihar.

Shri Jothi has wide experience of working in field over many Zonal Railways. He has worked in many sensitive areas such as Mughal Sarai, Danapur, Malda, Sealdah and Secunderabad. Earlier in the year 2017-2019 he was posted as Deputy Inspector General cum Chief Security Commissioner of N. F. Railway. Before joining as the IG-cum-PCSC of Northeast Frontier Railway, he was posted as the IG-cum-PCSC of Rail Wheel Factory based at Yelahanka, Bangalore.

In order to clear extra rush, Railways will run special trains between Alipurduar - Secunderabad as detailed below: -

These special trains will stop at Hasimara, Binnaguri, New Mal, New Jalpaiguri, Kishanganj, Malda Town, Rampurhat, Dankuni, Kharagpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda Rd, Brahmapur, Srikalulam Rd, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Duvvada, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada and Guntur stations in both the directions.

These special trains consists of AC II Tier, AC III Tier, Sleeper and General Second class coaches.