Woman engineer-turned-fruit seller thrashed by RPF constable for travelling ticketless

A woman engineer, who was eking out her living by selling fruits in trains, was allegedly thrashed by a Railway Protection Force constable when she was travelling ticketless on the Gitanjali Express.

A woman engineer, who was eking out her living by selling fruits in trains, was allegedly thrashed by a Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable when she was travelling ticketless in Gitanjali Express.

The incident took place on Friday night, the woman said in her FIR at the Government Railway Police station, Rourkela. The engineer sustained injuries on her head due to the attack by the RPF constable, she stated in the FIR on Saturday.