Mumbai: Women passengers assault Central Rly TC at Nahur station

Mumbai: A group of women passengers allegedly assaulted a ticket checker at Nahur railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai suburban railway network after a passenger fell on the steps of a foot over bridge while trying to escape a team of ticket checkers.

The ticket checker, Sandeep Chitale, told his seniors that he, along with other members of his team, was checking passenger tickets at Nahur station’s Kalyan-end FOB on Tuesday morning when a group of women rushed towards him, shouting. They assaulted him, blaming him for the accident involving a passenger who fell on the FOB steps while running away, the TC said. Chitale said that he had not asked the passenger concerned for a ticket and was not even aware that he had fallen down.

Central Railway’s chief spokesperson Shivaji Sutar said, “We have got a video clip of the incident which was filmed by a passerby. Based on the clip, we will identify the attackers and call them for questioning.”

Meanwhile, the Government Railway Police have filed an FIR against unknown persons in the case.