Detained Armyman and a passenger of Ranchi-Delhi Rajdhani Express train Bhupinder Singh was released on Sunday said the OC GRP Vijay Singh.
He added that the release was made in the presence of Subedar and Havildar of the Namkum unit of the Army where this Bhupinder Singh is posted.
Bhupinder hails from UP. Giving details the OC GRP said the Armyman had his lower berth number 20 in B5 coach of Rajdhani Express train.
The other three berths numbering 17, 18 and 19 had women passengers. The women passengers wanted him to exchange the berth asking him to go to upper berth to which he refused and only words were exchanged The Inspector Railway Protection Force (RPF) Pankaj Kumar said the Armyman was drunk which the GRP OC too corroborated that the Armyman was drunk.
The women passengers complained to TTC who then forwarded the complaint to GRP Daltonganj and as the Rajdhani express train reached Daltonganj station around 10 at night this Armyman was forced to get down and detained.
However enquiry revealed that this Army man was since drunk he became an object of contempt and the lady passengers keeping their safety intact sought the help of the TTC telling him that this man is disturbing their sleep and so he be shifted from here B 5 coach to some other one.