Mumbai, Oct 17 (PTI) The railway police on Saturday registered two FIRs against a ticket checker and a woman passenger in connection with the ruckus at Kandivali station in north Mumbai a day earlier, an official said.
The station witnessed chaos on Friday evening when a woman passenger tried to flee after being stopped for ticketless travel. The 25-year-old woman fell and her clothes got torn when the chief ticketing inspector, identified as Priya Ambavade, tried to stop her from leaving without paying the stipulated fine, Western Railway officials said.
The CTI then escorted the woman to the ticket-checking office for further legal action. However, three to four unidentified women accompanying the passenger allegedly intervened and forcibly took the passenger away from the railway premises, disrupting official duties.
It soon led to a mob gathering at the ticket-checking office, accusing the CTI of arrogant behaviour and inappropriate language. The group reportedly pressured Ambavade to issue a public apology, which she firmly declined.
Police and Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel had to intervene to disperse the crowd and restore normalcy, officials said.
“FIRs have been registered against the woman passenger and the chief ticketing inspector. The CTI has been booked for allegedly assaulting the woman, who has been simultaneously charged with assaulting a public servant on duty,” a Borivali railway police station official said.
Western Railway, meanwhile, has emphasised that ticket-checking staff must be allowed to perform their statutory duties without intimidation, harassment, or unlawful obstruction. PTI ZA BNM
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