Security on the national railways was thrown under the spotlight on Wednesday when a man was arrested for ‘misbehaving’ with a female passenger on the Ernakulam-Shoranur train service. An inebriated George of Vadakkancherywas arrested by railway police as the train reached the Thrissur railway station around 8.20p.m. Law enforcement officers were alerted by fellow passengers who witnessed the man harass the woman in the general compartment. According to witnesses, he started teasing the woman as the train left Aluva and allegedly used foul language against her. So distraught by the encounter the lady fled the train at Angamalay station.
“The passengers complained to Rail Alert but there was no immediate response. The Railway Protection Force turned up when the train reached Chalakudy,” P. Krishnakumar, General Secretary of the Thrissur Railway Passengers Association told The Hindu. The incident, which comes shortly after a woman died after she was pushed out of the same train and raped, raises the issue of security on the national railways and reports of a slow response times are cause for concern.
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