Rajdhani Express Staff drugs passenger, molests her

New Delhi: A female passenger on Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express Train has alleged she was molested by the train ticket examiner and waiter on Tuesday.

Taking action in the matter, the Railways has suspended the alleged train ticket examiner and the waiter off duty, NDTV reports.

An acquaintance of the victim tweeted the passenger was drugged with an ice-cream by the railway staff and tagged railways minister as well as other senior officials.

“Pantry staff and TT jointly tried to molest her in train, gave her laced icecream. Will any action be taken by railway on erring staff without FIR or he will walk free and will terrorise another passenger. Sad!” she said.

“The concerned victim is a student and fears she cannot live normal life if entangled in legal hassle,” woman acquainted with the victim tweeted.

The Railways in the statement released said though the complainant did not file an FIR, details of the accused were given to the authorities over call.

It added that an inquiry had been conducted by the chief commercial manager and the accused questioned.

“Meanwhile based on the Twitter complaint and seriousness of the matter, N R Saroj, ticket examiner, Ranchi, has been suspended…the accused waiter/vendor has been taken off duty…”, the statement said.