A 37-year-old scientist at DRDO, who was about to board a train from the New Delhi Railway Station with his wife and son, was severely thrashed by a group of men at platform number 16 in the station on Wednesday evening.
The incident was the result of a heated argument with the group of men over lining up in a queue near the security device for checking baggages. The group allegedly addressed him as the ‘educated types’ and thrashed him in the presence of security officials inside the station premises.
One of them even allegedly slapped his wife and his 5-year-old son was traumatised by the incident. However, no FIR could be registered – despite the victim having made a PCR call — as the victim could not miss his train for getting a medical examination, which is a mandatory requirement for medico-legal cases.
The incident was reported around 4 pm, when T N Mandal, who is a scientist at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Chandigarh was about to catch the Sealdah Rajdhani Express to his hometown Kolkata, accompanied by his wife and son. They had come from Chandigarh by train earlier in the day.
Near the baggage counter, Mandal confronted a group of three men who were shoving their baggage forcefully into the security device. When Mandal tried to help them, they abused him and it soon led into a heated argument.
Further being asked to maintain the queue, they allegedly started thrashing him and slapped his wife, before leading the scene.
A large crowd had gathered there by then. Mandal had also spotted Railway Police officials near the spot, who allegedly did not help him.
“I was finally given first aid treatment in the train around 7 pm, that too after the intervention of a senior government railway police official who called me up around 6 pm,” said Mandal.
Mandal first tried the Delhi Police Women’s Helpline (1091), however, after not being able to get access there and then he called up the Police Control Room at 100. However, he was asked not to board the train for the FIR to be registered.
In this case, what the victim has to do is get a medical examination done wherever he deboards the train and send a copy to Delhi.
His complaint can be recorder over phone.
An FIR shall be registered based on that and investigation will be immediately taken up, said Sanjay Bhatia, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Railways).