A gang of miscreants, posing as eunuchs, stabbed a man in the general bogey of the Patna-Bangalore Sanghamitra Express on Tuesday night. The eunuchs were demanding Rs 50 from Rakesh Kumar Shau who had parted with only Rs 10. Bleeding profusely from the attack, he later succumbed to injuries.
The latest incident underlined the increasing menace of eunuchs, beggars and other miscreants who harass passengers after entering the trains illegally when it stops at signals. With most incidents taking place in long-distance trains, a nexus between the security forces and offenders cannot be ruled out. Of late, incidents of miscreants posing as eunuchs have risen in trains even as the Railway Protection Force (RPF) turns a Nelson's Eye.
Shau, who was in his 20s and married only a year ago, had boarded the train from Patna on Monday evening. He and five others worked at a Bangalore-based construction company as masons. A couple of Shau's co-travellers too were injured in the attack. The injured remained unattended for a long time after the train stopped on platform No 2 at the Nagpur station.
The incident took place at 10pm on Monday night after the train halted at a signal just before Nagpur. Three so-called eunuchs, with typical mannerisms and a gaudy make-up, entered the general bogey towards the rear end of the train.
"They demanded Rs 50. We asked them to settle for Rs 10 as we were not carrying much cash with us. However, they were not willing to listen," said Ravi Kumar, who was Shau's co-traveller. "Suddenly, they started snatching our wallets and tickets. They were carrying small knives too. This led to a mild scuffle. Nobody came to our help."
One of the miscreants, identifying herself as Sapna then spoke to someone on the mobile phone. "They pulled the chain so four more attackers could board the train. Two waited on the tracks while around six started attacking us even as the train remained standing," said Ravi Kumar. Shau received multiple stab injuries on the back of his left leg. The men approached the Government Railway Police after they reached the Nagpur. While a section of GRP personnel rushed the injured Shau and others to the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital, another headed by assistant sub-inspector Premlal Samudure rushed to the Motibagh, Gaddigodam and Pilli Nadi localities to look for Sapna and her gang.
The police has managed to nab Swapnil Bauria, alias Sapna, Vijay Chafle, alias Saloni, Aman Mendhe, Yogesh Bhoyar and Ajay Bawne. "Bhoyar assaulted Shau with the knife while the others beat him up," said Chandrashekhar Bhabal, Sr PI of GRP. Bhoyar has a prior criminal record too, said the cops.
GRP officials said that RPF should patrol more in the trains to ensure such incidents do not take place. "RPF has the power to take action against the eunuchs under section 145 of Indian Railways Act," said a GRP personnel.
Eunuchs Beat and rob Train Commute
A businessman from Nerul, Amar Sant, 34, was beaten up and then robbed by a group of eunuchs on a CST-bound train from Dombivli around 8:30 pm on Friday. Police have launched a manhunt for the assaulters in this first instance of eunuchs brutally beating up someone.
Sant recalled, “When the train reached Thane, four eunuchs boarded the First Class compartment, and asked for money. There were only three others in the compartment.I waved my hand in refusal, as I was on my mobile. A few minutes later, they came back, and I refused again. That’s when one of them hit me on my head and others
joined him in beating me. After a few blows to my head, I became unconscious.
Next I remember being shaken awake by commuters at Kurla, while I was lying in the passage.” Sant was robbed of around Rs 3,000. Fellow commuters assisted him to get off the train, called his friends, who took him to Sion hospital. Medical examination of injuries to his head and spine showed only bruises to his back, and Sant has been advised rest.
On Saturday, Sant reported the matter to Thane GRP, who registered a case under Section 323 (assault). Rajendra Kathawate, Senior PI, Thane GRP said, “It is a serious offence, and we have alerted the Railway Police Force. Our teams are on lookout for the eunuchs.”
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