Ticketless passenger attacks staff, damages railway property
The incident occurred around 3pm onboard a Churchgate–Virar fast train between Dadar and Borivli. Shamsher Ibrahim, a Deputy Chief Ticket Inspector (Dy CTI) with Western Railway, was conducting checks in the First Class compartment when he found three passengers travelling with second class tickets. Further inspection revealed one of them had no ticket at all for the journey between Andheri and Borivli.
All three were asked to deboard at Borivli station and were taken to the TTE/TC office for further action.
It was here that the situation escalated.
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"One of the passengers grew agitated during questioning and began damaging equipment inside the office, including a computer CPU and other railway tools," said an official.
In the chaos that followed, both railway staff and the passenger sustained minor injuries. They were given immediate medical attention, and the GRP (Government Railway Police) was called in.
The unruly passenger was later handed over to the GRP for legal action under sections related to assault, damage to govt property, and obstruction of duty.
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