New Delhi:
A video has gone viral exhibiting a ticket examiner and a coach attendant assaulting a passenger on the Amritsar-Katihar Express allegedly after he allegedly attacked the TTE in a drunken state. Sheikh Tazuddin, a truck driver, was travelling from Siwan in Bihar to New Delhi on Wednesday when the incident occurred.
He had alcohol with two coach attendants – Vikram Chauhan and Sonu Mahato – within the M2 coach, in response to the passengers. Under the affect of alcohol, he misbehaved with ladies travellers, mentioned railway officers. The scene turned ugly when Tazuddin allegedly attacked Chauhan and travelling ticket examiner (TTE) Rajesh Kumar who had come to intervene.
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Videos which have gone viral confirmed the TTE and a coach attendant kicking and stomping the passenger whereas hurling abuses at him.
In one other video, the TTE was seen pinning the passenger all the way down to the ground whereas the attendant, Chauhan, flogged him with a belt close to the gate of the compartment.
Dheeraj Yadav, a co-traveller, advised the police that the coach attendant had taken cash from the passenger and joined their liquor celebration. “The coach attendant took cash from the passenger and made pegs on the seat. After ingesting, the passenger began misbehaving and the attendant known as the TTE. During this, the passenger slapped the TTE,” mentioned Mr Yadav.
On being alerted, railway cops reached the spot and deboarded the drunk passenger and took the TTE into custody. Coach attendant Chauhan had fled by that point and was not discovered on the prepare.
Based on a grievance by the passenger, the police registered a case in opposition to the 2 attendants and the ticket examiner. In disciplinary motion, the Railways have suspended TTE Rajesh Kumar and requested him to report back to the divisional headquarters in Lucknow.
Sources mentioned the 2 attendants have been suspended as properly. They mentioned some passengers additionally filed complaints in opposition to the drunk man.
Taking cognizance of the matter, the Railways have assured that strict motion might be taken in opposition to the culprits. Mobile numbers of passengers who have been within the coach are being obtained to gather info relating to the incident, officers mentioned.