Ticket checker bitten, scratched by woman passenger after Rs 510 penalty on Mumbai local

MUMBAI: A 42-year-old woman ticket checker of Western Railway was allegedly bitten on the hand and scratched with fingernails by a woman passenger during a ticket-checking exercise on a Virar-bound local train at Andheri station on Wednesday morning.

The assault allegedly took place after the passenger was asked to pay a penalty of Rs 510 for travelling without a ticket.

According to an FIR registered with Andheri railway police, the complainant, Harpreet Kaur Kamat, was on duty on the Virar-bound fast local after boarding it at Bandra around 8.26am.

The incident took place around 8.42am on platform 6 7, when she noticed a woman passenger travelling without a valid ticket.

When confronted, the passenger claimed that her purse had been stolen and that she could not find her ticket. Kamat subsequently collected a fine of Rs 510 and issued a receipt.