Seven passengers were held for drinking, gambling and assaulting Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel on New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express train by GRP late on night Wednesday. According to the GRP, Bhopal, few passengers boarded Karnataka Express from Khandwa and after sometime, they started to drink liquor and gamble.
The on duty GRP personnel Ravi Shankar after spotting the passengers started to capture the act using his mobile phone, which angered the passengers and they not only opposed the clip making but also physically assaulted him. They snatched his mobile phone and hurled it outside the train. The information of the ruckus created by the passengers was provided to the Bhopal police and as soon as the train reached Bhopal station, the accused passengers were arrested by GRP Bhopal.
A complaint was lodged by Head Constable Ravi Sharma with the GRP Bhopal against the troublemaking passengers. Based on the complaint, a case under section 294, 323 and 353 of the IPC have been registered by the police and the passengers were arrested by the police. The errant passengers were traveling in coach number S-8 and the liquor and gambling was spotted by GRP police personnel assigned to vigil train from Khandwa to Bhopal.
The passengers were identified as Jai Kumar Verma, Sohan Dhurve, Ajay Bakode, Sunny Dhurve, Subhash Bakode and Rakesh, who were on their way to New Delhi after attending a marriage. All the accused are residents of New Delhi and work with private companies. Police have started to search for more details regarding the accused.