After being caught for travelling without a ticket, a 23-year-old man allegedly assaulted a ticket checker at Virar railway station. He was arrested by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) two days after the case was registered.
The accused, Aditya Praveen Pawar, was apprehended at Borivali railway station.
According to reports, the incident occurred on February 1 at Virar station when an unidentified outsider attacked an on-duty ticket checker Birju Singh Tanwar. A case was registered by the Government Railway Police (GRP), Vasai Road, under Sections 121(2) and 132 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on February 3.
Following the complaint, the Crime Prevention and Detection Squad of the Virar RPF launched an investigation to track down the accused. Head Constable Kailash Jadhav and Constable Rakesh Tanwar were assigned to identify the suspect using CCTV footage and facial recognition technology, reported Mid-day.
Pawar, a resident of Virar East, was taken into custody and brought to the RPF post for interrogation after being spotted at Borivali station.
During questioning by Police Sub-Inspector Devendra Kumar, Pawar admitted to assaulting the ticket checker after being confronted for travelling without a ticket.
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