Around 2,000 Home Guards deployed for railway security, especially inside the women's coaches during late-night hours, have stopped reporting to duty since Tuesday over payment issues.

Millions of women passengers travel daily on the local route from Central Railway's CSMT to Khopoli, Kasara and Panvel and from Western Railway's Churchgate to Dahanu. For their safety, the railway police was supported by Home Guards, mainly at ticket counters, platforms, railway foot overbridges, railway track crossings, and inside women's coaches at night.