Overview

• Three of five passengers who removed a naked man from a District line train have been interviewed under caution, and police say prosecutions are under consideration.
• The August 7 incident was captured on video showing a confrontation before the man was ejected at East Ham, where he was arrested on the platform.
• British Transport Police say the man was in severe mental-health crisis and was later detained under the Mental Health Act, remaining sectioned in hospital two months on.
• The force says two other people involved have not been identified despite nearly two months of inquiries.
• Political figures and commentators have defended the intervenors as protecting fellow passengers and questioned policing priorities as reports highlight rising crime on London’s transport network.