In a major security scare in the Delhi Metro, a 65-year-old woman managed to carry a small axe in a coach and tried to attack another woman commuter with it after an argument over seat. The shocking incident occurred at Sultanpur Metro station in a train going towards Huda City Centre, on Thursday evening.
Fellow women passengers managed to overpower the offender. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawans were called inside the women’s compartment, who handed her to Gurugram Police.
CISF, which secures the Delhi Metro network, has suspended the on-duty constable, who allowed the woman to carry the small axe, for alleged dereliction of duty and an inquiry into it has been ordered, official sources said.
The axe, being carried by the woman, was detected during the X-ray scan by the CISF jawan, when she entered the Hauz Khas Metro station. He allowed her to carry the axe considering its small size and her pleas that she is a poor labourer and uses such items for minor work.
The CISF later intercepted the old woman, identified as M Dutta, a resident of Gurgaon, and handed her over to the local police, which allowed her to go apparently after counselling.
Taking the incident seriously, the CISF sought to beef up security protocols in the metro network which carries almost 26 lakh people daily.
last year, a man had entered the Metro with a country-made pistol and shot himself within the station area. Few months back, a man had killed a woman with a sharp weapon, just before the security hold area at a station in Gurgaon.