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According to the Railway, the TTE misbehaved with the woman while demanding that she show him her ticket at the Krishnarajapuram station.
Railway TTE speaking rudely to a passenger at the KRPuram station in Bengaluru. (Screengrab)
Days after a railway travel ticket examiner (TTE) was held for allegedly urinating on a passenger on a train bound from Kolkata to Amritsar, a TTE has been accused of allegedly misbehaving with a female passenger when she was leaving from Krishnarajapuram station in Bengaluru.
The TTE has been placed under suspension by the Railway, pending investigation.
According to the Railway, the train had stopped at Krishnarajapuram on the outskirts of Bengaluru city for crossing with another, during which time the TTE misbehaved with the woman while demanding that she show him her ticket.
Videos of the woman confronting the TTE on the railway station platform, reportedly on Tuesday, 14 March, have been posted on Twitter by a user.
Drunk TT pulled her at KJM . While the girl was telling she had her ticket, showed ticket to TT but TT didn't listen anything,pulled her and still misbehave with her.We need explanation for on duty drunk TT.@RailMinIndia@Central_Railway please take strict action against the TT. pic.twitter.com/UUjRcm8X1w
— Karishma behera (@karishma_behera) March 14, 2023
In the videos, a woman can be seen shouting at the TTE, asking him why he pulled her after she showed him her tickets.
As the TTE, who was allegedly drunk, shouts back at the woman, a group of men standing nearby and watching the incident unfold came to her aid and caught hold of him as he tried to flee the spot.
They can be heard saying, “He is drunk. Call the police”.
The Railway PRO office, Bengaluru, in a statement regarding the incident said, “Train number 22863, HWH (Howrah)-SMVB (Sir M.Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru) express, is a weekly Humsafar express, and has no stoppage at KJM (Krishnarajapuram Railway Station).”
Stating that the travel ticket examiner appearing in the video was Santosh of KJM station and not the onboard TTE, the statement said, “It is alleged that he had pulled the lady passenger out of the train when the train halted. It is also alleged that he was drunk on duty.”
Pending investigation, the TTE has been placed under suspension with immediate effect, the statement added.
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