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India Today
3 days ago
- India Today
Reddit user says co-passenger verbally abused father over seat on Nagpur-Pune train
A Reddit post shared on the page r/IndianRailways has sparked outrage after a man described how his 73-year-old father was verbally abused by a fellow passenger during their journey from Nagpur to Pune on the Humsafar Express.'A teen guy abused my 73-year-old dad verbally for a single seat,' read the title of the Reddit post in which the user narrated the incident that took place on August 22-year-old man said he and his father were allotted side-upper and upper berths, which made it difficult for the elderly man to sit during the day due to health issues. 'I have heard that when you have got a side upper seat, you can sit on the side-lower from 6 am to 10 pm,' the user wrote, explaining that their tickets were booked by relatives, and they were not fully aware of railway the user politely requested a younger co-passenger to adjust and let his father sit on the side-lower berth for a while, the response was rather aggressive.'I said, 'Bhaiya, aap thoda sarak jaaye toh mere papa ko baithna hai (Could you please move a little so my father can sit)', and he replied, 'Yeh seat puri meri hai, kahin aur bitha isko (This whole seat is mine, make him sit somewhere else)',' the user said in the repeated polite requests, the user said the man put on his earbuds and refused to respond. When he tapped the passenger's knee and requested again, the man responded with abuse, directed at the elderly confronting the man and pointing out that he was only asking for a place for his old father to sit, the passenger allegedly continued to use obscene language. The user said his father, who has heart and leg problems, could not climb to the upper berth and was deeply hurt by the night, after some encouragement, the user's father managed to climb to the side-upper berth. The user said he informed the TTE (Travelling Ticket Examiner) about the abuse, but the official dismissed the complaint, allegedly saying, 'I don't care, ask him, not me about this.'Calling it the 'worst experience,' the user concluded his post by urging people to be more compassionate towards elderly travellers. 'Think twice — people are good and bad too. If you've got old people with you, be aware,' he post also featured two pictures of the passenger in question: The post has drawn strong reactions online, with many users expressing anger over the incident and questioning the inaction of the railway staff.'I would've punched him,' one user commented, adding that the man should have retaliated physically after the passenger verbally abused his father.'Change yourself to be strong enough to defend your family,' another user of the users also said, 'Felt very bad reading this.'- Ends
Time of India
7 days ago
- Time of India
Alert TTE rescues lost minor girl on Patna-Ernakulam Express
Nagpur: A minor girl who mistakenly boarded the wrong train was rescued in time by a vigilant Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) of Central Railway while performing duty aboard the Patna-Ernakulam Superfast Express. The incident occurred on Wednesday during the train's Itarsi to Nagpur stretch. Anees Kumar Sinha, the head travelling ticket examiner posted at Nagpur, was on duty in coach S1 when he noticed the girl sitting alone and visibly distressed. Upon questioning, she revealed she travelled to Patna with her father but mistakenly boarded the wrong train while returning home alone. Attempts to contact her father proved unsuccessful as his mobile phone was found to be switched off. The girl, who was without food or water for almost 20 hours, had no means to support herself. Realising the gravity of the situation, Sinha first arranged food from the pantry car and gathered financial help for her from sympathetic co-passengers. Without delay, he informed the Commercial Controller at Nagpur and made arrangements for her safe handover to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) upon the train's arrival at Nagpur station. The girl was saved from potentially dangerous circumstances. Railway officials praised his presence of mind and humane approach, noting that such acts reflect the Indian Railways' ongoing commitment to passenger safety and care.
Time of India
21-06-2025
- Time of India
Man gets 20 years in jail for abduction, rape of 15-yr-old
Agra: A Pocso court in Agra on Saturday sentenced a 23-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old girl. Dismissing the defence counsel's plea for leniency, special Pocso judge Shiv Kumar-II said that "justice demands a punishment fitting to the crime. " Special public prosecutor (crime) Madhav Sharma said the girl, then a Class 8 student, was abducted on July 27, 2022, while returning home from school with her cousin. The accused then raped her and took her from Agra to Mumbai by train. She was rescued three days later from Mumbai's Borivali after she alerted a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) on the train. The accused was subsequently arrested. In Agra, police registered an FIR the day of the kidnapping based on a complaint from the girl's father. The accused, a resident of her locality, was initially charged under IPC sections 363 (kidnapping) and 366 (kidnapping a minor girl). Sections 376 (rape), 120B (criminal conspiracy), and relevant Pocso provisions were added later following the girl's statement. Police filed the chargesheet in Oct 2022. The court examined the testimony of the survivor and her cousin before delivering the verdict. The defence argued that the accused was a first-time offender and had been in custody since the incident, requesting minimum punishment. The judge, however, rejected the plea and awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. A fine of Rs 42,000 was also imposed, with an additional one-year sentence in case of non-payment. The court directed that half the fine be paid to the survivor.
The Hindu
14-05-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Injured train passenger's husband lodges complaint against railway officials
A complaint has been lodged against railway authorities accusing them of not providing medical assistance to the woman passenger who suffered a head injury after the middle berth on a train collapsed in Southern Railway's Salem Division on Monday. In his petition to the Government Railway Police, T. Jothi Jayashankar, husband of Suria Murugan, 39, the woman on whom the middle berth fell in a sleeper class coach of Train No. 22651 Chennai-Palakkad Express shortly after it crossed Jolarpet early on Monday, explained the circumstances that led to the incident and called for action against the railway personnel on board, accusing them of not assisting the injured passenger. On seeing Ms. Suria with a bleeding head injury, the Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) asked the family to get down at Morappur railway station, which was the next scheduled stop. When asked if the Railways would arrange for an ambulance or other medical care at Morappur, the TTE told the family that they would have to make their own arrangements. Since the time was 1.25 a.m., Mr. Jayashankar said they decided to proceed to Salem, where the railway officials promised to call a '108' ambulance. 'The TTE said there was no doctor or first aid box available on the train. My wife managed the bleeding with her handkerchief till paramedical staff attended to her on arrival at Salem Junction around 2.45 a.m.,' he said. Mr. Jayashankar sought action against the authorities concerned not only for alleged dereliction of duty and the mental agony the family had to endure, but also to prevent the recurrence of such incidents in future. Inquiries with railway officials revealed that the Train Manager (Guard) had a first aid box, like in all other trains in the Indian Railways. The managers were trained in rendering basic medical care, including dressing of wounds. The first aid boxes would be presented to a designated Senior Divisional Medical Officer in all divisions for inspection and change in medicines or consumables, if any. First aid box Southern Railway spokesperson M. Senthamil Selvan confirmed that a first aid box was available with the Train Manager of Train No. 22651. He claimed that the Station Master of Morappur and the Train Manager were advised to attend to the patient, but the passenger wanted to proceed to Salem, saying Morappur was an unfamiliar place. There was no doctor travelling on the train, he said, adding that a departmental inquiry was immediately conducted to check the berth fittings and lapses, if any.
The Hindu
12-05-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Woman passenger suffers head injury as middle berth collapses on her
A woman passenger suffered a head injury after the middle berth of a sleeper class coach fell while she was asleep. The incident happened on Train No. 22651 Chennai-Palakkad Express shortly after it crossed Jolarpet early on Monday. The victim's husband alleged that first aid was not provided by the railway authorities for more than an hour until the train reached Salem where an ambulance was arranged. According to railway sources, Suria Murugan, 39, of Chennai, was sleeping on berth no. 1 (lower berth) when the unoccupied middle berth suddenly fell on her around 1.15 a.m. Other passengers alerted her husband Jyothi Jayashankar who was sleeping in another coach. On seeing Ms. Suria bleeding with a head injury, he sought medical assistance from the Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) and other railway employees on the train. 'There was no first aid kit in the train. They did not even provide a cotton roll. The TTE said we could get down at the next stop [Morappur] and seek help there. But what can we do at an unknown place in the middle of the night? My wife managed to control the bleeding with a piece of cloth and we travelled for almost an hour-and-a-half so far as Salem,' Mr. Jayashankar told The Hindu. On arrival at Salem around 2.40 a.m., the ambulance paramedics did basic dressing and shifted Ms. Suria to the Government Hospital. 'We later took an autorickshaw and went to a private hospital and got admitted there. My wife had a deep cut on the forehead and underwent sutures. There was no assistance from the Railways. It is shocking that a train with about 1,000 passengers does not have even paramedics or a first aid box,' he said. Railway sources said the chain and locking mechanism of the middle berth was found to be normal when inspected at Dindigul Junction. The coach was allowed to run through the service without any change. Periodic overhaul of the ICF-designed sleeper class coach, made in 2005, was done on March 16 this year in Chennai. Railways blames passenger Asked about the circumstances that led to the incident, Southern Railway spokesperson M. Senthamil Selvan said the 'berth may have fallen owing to improper locking of the berth hook by the passenger'. The coach was 19 years old and fit for operation. A total of 154 ICF-designed rakes were operational in the zone, and a complete migration to LHB rakes would happen in three years, he said. On Monday evening, the Chief Public Relations Officer said medical assistance was promptly arranged by the commercial and medical control staff, but the passenger refused to disembark at Morappur. 'The unfortunate incident appears to have occurred owing to the passenger's improper handling of the chain link, which is the designated locking mechanism for the middle berth,' the CPRO said.
