Overview
- Women in a second-class ladies’ coach on a CSMT-bound fast local confronted a passenger in a burqa and discovered he was a man.
- The suspect jumped from the moving coach before Ghatkopar, ran across platforms, and boarded a Karjat-bound local to escape.
- The Railway Protection Force registered an FIR for unauthorised travel in a ladies’ compartment under the Indian Railways Act.
- GRP and RPF teams are reviewing CCTV and checking trains and stations, but the man has not been located and remains absconding.
- Passengers’ videos of the confrontation went viral, and some commuters alleged he tried to molest women, a claim not confirmed by police.