Vadodara: Irate passengers attacked a
ticket examiner (TTE) alleging that he had pushed a ticketless
youth from the train leading to his death.
The TTE, B B Sharma, was admitted to a railway
hospital where his condition was stated to be serious,
A Srivastava, Divisional Railway Manager-Vadodara, said.
Shrivastava said he had formed a three-member "fact
finding team" to inquire into the incident and it was likely
to submit a report by tomorrow evening.
Passengers of Mumbai-bound Viragram train allegedly
surrounded Sharma yesterday when the train halted at Makarpura
station and started punching and kicking him before dragging
him to the platform. They beat him with wooden sticks and
threw chairs at him.
They alleged that Sharma had slapped a youth Arvind
Ninama, who was travelling without valid ticket, and later
threw him out of the train. Ninama later succumbed to his
injuries at a hospital.
"The passengers have no right to take law into their
own hands and they should have handed him (Sharma) over to the
police for taking action against him," Srivastava said
Police rounded up a youth from the site and has
registered a complaint against the passengers.
PTI
