Bihar: Travelling without a ticket in a train is a punishable offence, but molesting a woman when she does not have a ticket is an even bigger crime. A woman travelling in the Ganga-Damodar Express has made a similar allegation against the TTE. At present, the GRP is investigating the matter.
GRP engaged in investigation.
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A female passenger in the Ganga-Damodar Express going from Patna to Dhanbad has accused a TTE of molestation. The TTE has been arrested in the molestation case. The arrested TTE is employed in Dhanbad Railway Division. The victim woman is originally from Nawada district. The incident took place on the night of 29 August.
Woman accuses TTE of molestation
Regarding the incident, the railway police said that a woman was travelling in the Ganga Damodar Express going from Patna to Dhanbad. The TTE started molesting the woman on the pretext of making a ticket. The woman passenger started shouting when he molested her. Coincidentally, the GRP was escorting the train at that time. Seeing the woman screaming, the GRP stopped there and started questioning the woman. The woman passenger informed the GRP personnel about the entire incident. Understanding the seriousness of the matter, the GRP personnel caught the accused TTE and took him off at Gaya Junction. The arrested TTE is Rohan Kumar, posted in Dhanbad Railway Division. He is a resident of Dalmia Nagar in Dehri police station area of Rohtas district.
Accused of molestation for not having ticket
The victim woman has told in her complaint lodged in Gaya Railway Station that she was coming from Patna to Gaya. She was travelling in coach S-6 of Ganga Damodar Express. When the train reached Chakand station before Gaya Junction, the TTE in the train asked her to show the ticket. The victim woman says that she did not have a ticket. On this, the TTE asked her to make a ticket. The woman alleges that the TTE told her to come near the toilet, he will make the ticket. When the woman started paying money near the toilet, the TTE started molesting her. When the woman protested against this, the TTE pushed her. The woman further told that she somehow escaped and came to the seat and complained about this to the policemen escorting the train. On her complaint, the police caught the TTE and took him to Gaya Railway Station. A case was registered against the TTE on the complaint of the victim woman. It was told about the woman that she is a resident of Nawada district. Her father-in-law works in BMP Bodh Gaya. The woman lives with her husband in Bodh Gaya.
