FIR filed after man in burqa travels in ladies coach

Mumbai: Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel registered a first information report (FIR) after a male commuter dressed in a burqa was spotted travelling in the ladies' compartment of a Central Railway local train on Friday. A video of the incident went viral on social media. The accused is on the run.On Friday afternoon, female commuters travelling in the second-class ladies' coach of a CSMT-bound fast local sensed something amiss about a co-traveller in a burqa. When confronted, the co-traveller turned out to be a man. The women enquired why he boarded the ladies' compartment and why he was in a burqa. Some of them started to film him on their phones. The women threatened to hand him over to the cops at the train's next halt at Ghatkopar station. Before the train could halt, the man jumped off the coach onto the tracks and ran towards another platform, where he boarded a Karjat local.The women alighted at Ghatkopar station and complained to on-duty police personnel. CCTV footage was checked, but the man was not captured on camera. Subsequently, police checked the Karjat-bound train at Mulund, but the man alighted by then.After the video of the incident went viral, RPF registered an FIR under the Indian Railway Act for unauthorised travel in a ladies' coach. They are looking for the accused.