Overview
- The assault took place Monday evening when ticket checker Jignesh V. Bhavsar asked two people near platforms 5–6 at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus to show travel or employment proof.
- A man who claimed to be a railway employee allegedly refused to produce ID, tried to flee, and then assaulted Bhavsar while a woman accompanying him abused and manhandled the staffer.
- Railway Protection Force personnel helped detain the two suspects, identified as 24-year-old Rishikesh Sanjay Pawar and 23-year-old Nikita Rishikesh Pawar, and they were taken to the GRP station at CSMT.
- The Government Railway Police registered an FIR under sections 137, 138 and 145 of the Railways Act, 1989 and sections 132, 115(ii) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, and officials said neither accused could produce employee ID or valid travel authority.
- Central Railway has urged passengers to cooperate with ticket checks, warned that violence against staff will be dealt with legally, and said further police and court proceedings are pending in the case.