We are unable to punish any one as this was a technical fault -Government Railway Police Commissioner

Molestation on Train: Railway probe blames technical fault in WR line for absence of cop

The report said the head constable on duty was waiting for his train but it had been cancelled owing to the fault.

THE inquiry report sought by the commissioner of the state’s railway police regarding the absence of any police personnel in the train in which a 22-year-old MBA student was allegedly molested earlier this month has blamed the lapse on a technical fault on the Western Railway line that day. The report, submitted to the commissioner, has said services on the line had remained affected for more than an hour on August 6, the night the incident occurred between Grant Road and Charni Road stations. The police constable who should have been on that train had missed it owing to the fault, the report said.

The report, submitted last week to Government Railway Police (GRP) Commissioner Madhukar Pandey, was based on an inquiry ordered to find out why no police personnel was present inside the women’s compartment on that night.

“The victim boarded the slow local from Malad for Churchgate. The Western Railway has given a report to inquiry officer Dipak Devraj, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Western Zone), stating that there was a technical fault between Borivali and Kandivali,” said a senior officer from the GRP commissionerate.

“The GRP personnel are on duty from 8.30 pm to 6 am in the ladies’ coaches. On that day, the head constable on duty missed the local due to the technical fault,” he added.

The report said the head constable on duty was waiting for his train but it had been cancelled owing to the fault. A special train was later arranged for the commuters. “We are unable to punish any one as this was a technical fault,” said Pandey.

Source:The Indian Express.