Policemen posted in ladies compartments of local trains aren't in it for the long haul, quite literally. Several women commuters have complained that on trains bound for Kasara and Karjat, the personnel get down midway, leaving them in the lurch in the middle of the night.

Sanchita Jadhav, a beautician, travels every day between Thane and Kasara, and reaches Kasara station around 1.20 am, on her way home. "I once had a fight with a GRP personnel, who was posted in the train I take to go home. He would always get down at Kalyan or Shahad station. One day, when it was just me and another woman in the compartment, I tried to stop him from alighting at his usual station. I told him to complete the trip or I would complain to his senior. He started arguing with me and asked me to shift to the gents compartment. He then told me not to worry because he travelled on this train daily and no man had ever attempted to get into the ladies compartment. But my point is that if they are doing night shift, why can't they complete their duty instead of asking us to shift?" she said.