Virar: A 23-year-old man has been arrested by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) for allegedly assaulting a ticket checker at Virar railway station after being caught travelling without a ticket. The accused, Aditya Praveen Pawar, was apprehended at Borivali railway station two days after the case was registered.
Case Filed In The Matter
According to reports quoting officials, the incident occurred on February 1 at Virar station when an unidentified outsider attacked on-duty ticket checker Birju Singh Tanwar. A case was registered by the Government Railway Police (GRP), Vasai Road, under Sections 121(2) and 132 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on February 3.
Multiple CCTVs Checked To Trace Accused
Following the complaint, the Crime Prevention and Detection Squad of the Virar RPF launched an investigation to track down the accused. Head Constable Kailash Jadhav and Constable Rakesh Tanwar were assigned to identify the suspect using CCTV footage and facial recognition technology, as reported by Mid-day.
Pawar, a resident of Virar East, was finally spotted at Borivali station. He was taken into custody and brought to the RPF post for interrogation. During questioning by Police Sub-Inspector Devendra Kumar, Pawar admitted to assaulting the ticket checker after being confronted for travelling without a ticket.
