Man misbehaves with girl in Mumbai metro, assaults security guard

The Andheri police have arrested a 24-year-old youth for allegedly misbehaving with a woman in Mumbai Metro rail and assaulting a security guard after being detained by him on Saturday morning. The accused was in an inebriated condition at the time of the incident, said the cops.

According to the police, at around 11.30 pm the arrested accused Ramsingh Dange who hails from Madhya Pradesh boarded a Metro train under the influence of alcohol. He misbehaved with a girl who was standing next to him, said a police official.

“On getting down from Metro at Andheri she complained about Dange to 23-year-old Nyaneshwar Waghmode who works as a security guard in the Metro rail. Waghmode detained him and was about to alert the police when the accused got into a heated argument and manhandled him,” added the police official.

The accused was taken to the Andheri police station where an FIR was registered against him under section 353 (Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of the IPC and sections 59 (Drunkenness or nuisance on metro railway), 64 (Penalty for unlawfully entering or remaining upon metro railway or walking on metro track) and 68 (Obstructing metro railway official in his duties) of Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002.

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