Railway TTE suspended for misbehaving with woman passenger in Bengaluru

Vartha Bharati | 15-03-2023 | 19:21:00 IST

Bengaluru, Mar 15: Days after a railway travel ticket examiner (TTE) was held for allegedly urinating on a passenger on a train bound from Kolkata to Amritsar, another TTE has been accused of allegedly misbehaving with a female passenger when she was leaving from Krishnarajapuram station here.

The TTE has been placed under suspension by the Railway, pending investigation.

According to the Railway, the train had stopped at Krishnarajapuram for crossing with another, during which time the TTE misbehaved with the woman while demanding that she show him her ticket.

Videos of the woman confronting the TTE on the railway station platform, reportedly on Tuesday, have been posted on twitter by a user.

In the videos, a woman can be seen shouting at the TTE, asking him why he pulled her after she showed him her tickets.

As the TTE, who was allegedly drunk, shouts back at the woman, a group of men who were standing nearby and were watching the incident unfold, came to her aid and caught hold of him as he tried to flee from the spot. They can be heard saying, ''He is drunk, call the police''.

The Railway PRO office, Bengaluru in a statement regarding the incident said, ''Train number 22863, HWH (Howrah)-SMVB (Sir M.Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru) express, is a weekly Humsafar express, and has no stoppage at KJM (Krishnarajapuram Railway Station).''Stating that the travel ticket examiner appearing in the video was Santosh of KJM station and not the onboard TTE, the statement said, ''It is alleged that he has pulled the lady passenger out of the train when the train halted.

It is also alleged that he was drunk on duty.'' Pending investigation, the TTE has been placed under suspension with immediate effect, the statement added.

Drunk TT pulled her at KJM . While the girl was telling she had her ticket, showed ticket to TT but TT didn't listen anything,pulled her and still misbehave with her.We need explanation for on duty drunk TT.@RailMinIndia @Central_Railway please take strict action against the TT. pic.twitter.com/UUjRcm8X1w
— Karishma behera (@karishma_behera) March 14, 2023

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Ajit Pawar rues Marathi-speaking areas of Karnataka still not part of Maharashtra

01-05-2025 ¦ 01-05-2025 IST

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar | PC: PTI

Mumbai, May 1 (PTI): Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said even 65 years after the formation of Maharashtra, there is one regret - that Belgaum and Karwar, parts of adjoining Karnataka, were still not merged with the western Marathi-speaking state.

Speaking at a party event organised on the occasion of Maharashtra Day, Pawar, who heads the ruling NCP, asserted his outfit will not abandon the ideology of legendary social reformers Shahu Maharaj, Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and B R Ambedkar.

Recalling the work of chief ministers of Maharashtra from the first CM Yashwantrao Chavan to the incumbent Devendra Fadnavis, Pawar said each one of them have contributed to development of the state since its formation in 1960.

"Maharashtra was formed out of struggle. Even if Maharashtra has completed 65 years of its existence, here is one regret in our hearts. Even today, the Marathi manoos (Marathi-speaking people) of Belgaum and Karwar are still not with us. The case is going on in the Supreme Court.

"The day they are merged with Maharashtra, we can confidently said Maharashtra is now complete," he said.

Maharashtra has been demanding that Marathi-speaking areas in Karnataka -- Belgaum, Karwar, Nipani -- be merged with the state, a stand strongly opposed by the southern state.

Pawar noted India's population in 1947 was 35 crore, but it has now multiplied four times to 140 crore. The population of the state has also increased accordingly, he said.

He emphasised that those in power now and in the past have been working to address the water woes of Maharashtra, but with a growing population, the sources have become limited.

The deputy CM said some people oppose the bullet train project in India, but China and Japan have progressed because of such high-speed transport modes.

The erstwhile Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government (November 2019-June 2022) had stopped the bullet train project connecting Mumbai to Ahmedabad which is currently under construction.