The Konkan Railway filed a case on Wednesday following a complaint by an IT employee from Coimbatore regarding harassment by a group of men allegedly in an inebriated state.
The 27-year-old woman, who had been working in Coimbatore for about a year, told The Hindu that the incident occurred on Sunday night when she boarded the Coimbatore-Jabalpur Superfast Special train at Thivim near Goa. A man allegedly beckoned her to sit near him and his friends, which led to an argument. The woman shifted to the general compartment from the AC berth following the incident.
After attempting multiple helpline numbers, she received a call from the Railway Protection Force (RPF) at Karwar in Karnataka to help them identify the men. However, the RPF officers allegedly did not inquire the men, who were sleeping at that point, as the train began to leave the station, she claimed. The ticket collector received a written complaint from her and she deboarded the train at Mangaluru around 3.30 a.m.
Responding to her tweets, the Konkan Railway responded on Wednesday that a case was registered at the RPF Post at Madgaon under Section 145 (drunkenness or nuisance) subdivisions (a) and (b) of the Railways Act against the “suspected passengers” and that “the enquiry is under progress.”
The Konkan Railway sent some pictures for identification of the suspects on Thursday, but none of the pictures matched with the identities of the group of men, she said.
When contacted by The Hindu , an official from the Konkan Railway said any updates would be tweeted and refused to comment further.
