TTE who beat up commuter at Kurla finally behind bars. Singh surrendered earlier this week after rote to the di the Kurla GRP wrote to the divisional railway manager (Central Railway), apprising him of the incident. Singh was produced before a railway court and released on bail. The CR has suspended him following the incident.

May 10 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai)

TTE who beat up commuter at Kurla finally behind bars

Mumbai: TIMES NEWS NETWORK





A travelling ticket examiner (TTE), Anand Singh, has Singh, has been arrested for assaulting a ticketless traveller.Singh surrendered earlier this week after rote to the di the Kurla GRP wrote to the divisional railway manager (Central Railway), apprising him of the incident. Singh was produced before a railway court and released on bail. The CR has suspended him following the incident.
The incident took place on April 22 when hotel employee Navroz Charania (36) was travelling from Kanjurmarg to Kurla. Singh asked him for ticket at Kurla station around 9.30am. When Charania said he did not have a ticket, Singh took him to the office of the chief ticket inspector and verbally abused him. Charania then asked Singh to mind his language and also offered to pay fine for travelling without a ticket. But Singh allegedly lost his cool and punched Charania on his face. He also took away Charania's cellphone and kicked him.
Charania was then made to wait at the CTI's office for half an hour. Later, other TTEs came to the office, following which Singh left. Charania's cellphone was returned to him by Singh's colleagues. The injured victim then went to the nearby Kurla GRP outpost and lodged a case against Singh. Charania was sent to Bhabha Hospital for a medical examination.
“Singh has been involved in a case of extortion in the past as well,“ said Vijay Dhopavkar, senior inspector, Kur la GRP.

CCTVs planned after Kurla TTE assaults commuter. Central Railway will install glass doors and windows at the chief ticket inspector's office so that the goings-on within are clearly visible, after a ticketless commuter was assaulted by a travelling ticket examiner (TTE) at Kurla station.

Apr 25 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai)

CCTVs planned after Kurla TTE assaults commuter

Manthan K Mehta & Nitasha Natu

Mumbai: TNN





Central Railway will install glass doors and windows at the chief ticket inspector's office so that the goings-on within are clearly visible, after a ticketless commuter was assaulted by a travelling ticket examiner (TTE) at Kurla station.Navroz Charania (36), a hotel employee, was travelling from Kanjurmarg to Kurla when the TTE, Anand Singh, caught him on Wednesday . He took away Charania's cell phone and allegedly hit him on his face inside the chief ticket inspector's (CTI) office.The Kurla GRP has registered a case against Singh but has made no arrest yet.
CR general manager S K Sood said Singh had been suspended.
“Apart from replacing the doors and windows with transparent ones, we will get CCTVs installed. The footage can be used as evidence if commuters complain of misbehaviour by ticket-checking staff.“
“Commuters caught ticketless are taken to the CTI's office on the pretext of completing paper work. They are often made to sit for hours if they do not have the cash to pay the penalty . The goings-on inside the CTI's office are never known to anyone outside. Certain TTEs take away commuters' cell phones, which is illegal,“ said an activist.
Charania told TOI that Singh was involved in assaulting another commuter in the past few weeks but the commuter did not lodge a police complaint. “I was in a hurry and forgot to buy a ticket.Around 9.30am, I got off on platform 4 at Kurla, when the TTE told me to stop. He took me to the CTI's office and started abusing me as I did not have a ticket. I told him I was willing to pay the fine and he should mind his tongue. He lost his cool and punched me on my face. He kicked me and took away my phone,“ said Charania. Charania was made to wait at the office for half an hour. “A few other TTEs entered the office. Singh had picked up a chair to hit me but noticed his colleagues and stopped. He then left. Later, his co-worker returned my phone,“ added Charania. The other TTEs helped Charania reach the Kurla GRP outpost, where a case of assault was lodged.
Charania was taken to Bhabha Hospital at Kurla as there were bloodstains on his face. “The cops claim they are waiting to procure CCTV footage of the station. Singh is a railway employee and the cops have his address. There should not be any delay in arresting him,“ Charania said.