RPF Constable Abuses, Assaults Sweta Roy; Asks Her To Speak In Assamese
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| A video from her facebook post (Sweta Roy) |
SILCHAR: Sweta Roy of Barak Valley and her mother was travelling from silchar to sealdah by train.She and her mother had their berths booked in one of the Sleeper Class coaches. They saw a Railway Police constable guiding passengers(non-reserved) inside the reservation coach When the train reached Kamakhya station, for which the coach was getting extremly crowded.
When Sweta Roy questioned the constable why he instead of guiding them out escorting passengers with general tickets inside a reserved coach, He replied saying “speak in Assamese, I do not understand Bengali.”
Sweta then asked him the same question in Hindi and he again replied saying, “speak in Assamese, I do not understand Hindi.” By the time the train had left Kamakhya station
Sweta asked
the constable on duty and in uniform how could he allow passengers without
reservation enter the sleeper coach to which, according to her, the constable
replied, “Is this your father’s train. If you have any power get them off the
train and show me.” Sweta says, the constable was shouting by then and her
mother came rushing to understand what happened. “He abused my mother too and
that is when co-passengers with reservation jumped in the argument. While the
argument was on he pushed me hard with his hand and that is when I felt
shattered,” says Sweta Roy. Her co-passengers stopped the constable and
questioned his behaviour, they also found out that he was drunk. Sweta then
said she would lodge an official complaint against the constable and he must
tell his name, that was when he removed his badge from his uniform and threw it
out of the door. However, in one of the videos, his badge did get captured and
it reads, “Mir Hussain Ali”
When the
train reached Rangiya station, the constable jumped out and ran off from the
scene. Sweta and her co-passengers went to lodge an official complaint, but,
the station master asked them to do the same in New-Bongaigaon. “When we
reached New-Bongaigaon station and went to the complaint booth, they said that
they only register complaints about lost and found and not harassment or misconduct
by a railway police official,” says Sweta Roy. Her family member after knowing
about the incident tweeted tagging Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, the Ministry
Of Railways and other government handles which incurred a response, “When the
train stopped at Farakka station, a team visited us and asked about the entire
incident. They took note of whatever we said and then got off the train,”
informs Sweta. She and her mother now plan to lodge an FIR after reaching
Sealdah Station in West Bengal.
Yesterday 25 june she posted on facebook, describing the incident
I am travelling from
silchar to Sealdah by Kanchenjunga Express (13176), PNR NO : 6330413524 (S1,7)
and was being harassed by one On duty constable from Kamakhya station to Rongia
station yesterday. He abused me verbally and even pushed me while argument . Me
and my co-passengers who revolted back also got abused Nd harassed. He even
abused us for not speaking Assamese Language. When I warned him that I am doing
the video and will file a case against him, he threw the badge carrying his
name on it through the door. I have all the proof in the form of videos.
I kindly request the Raliway Authorities to take some prompt
and strict actions against this.
Videos are attached below
Tweet screenshot are attached below
