Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has been gathering accolades over Twitter after he rescued a woman from harassment in Maharashtra on Friday, November 27.
Namrata Mahajan was travelling in 18030 Shalimar-Mumbai Express tweeted to the railway ministry’s Twitter handle that she was travelling alone and a male passenger was harassing her.
The authorities were made aware of the incident and the woman’s PNR number was tracked.
Central Railway Chief Public Relation Officer (PRO), Narendra Patil said a senior officer, Ved Prakash, immediately noted the tweet and contacted him to do the needful to help the woman.
But she (Mahajan) has not given full details of the train she was travelling in. So a reply seeking details of her train and her berth position was sent to her twitter handle. She was also asked to contact security helpline number 182 which she did after sometime and also gave details about her position via Twitter.Narendra Patil, Chief PRO, Central Railway
The DRM of Bhusaval was alerted and readied to help the passenger in distress.
As the train reached Bhusaval railway station in 40 minutes, Mahajan was immediately attended by RPF jawans, he said.
The man had a wait-listed ticket and his behavior and body language did not seem to be decent and since Mahajan was travelling alone, she felt terrified.Narendra Patil, Chief PRO, Central Railway
The male passenger was shifted to another coach as he had a valid ticket.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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