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 Borivli railway station premises two days after the case was registered.

According to a senior RPF official, “The incident took place on February 1 at Virar station, where an unidentified outsider allegedly attacked on-duty ticket checker Birju Singh Tanwar. A case was subsequently registered by the Government Railway Police (GRP), Vasai Road, under Sections 121(2) and 132 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on February 3.”