MUMBAI: Six months after an activist complained to the railway minister of 2 male passengers being allowed to make use of a girls' washroom at Bandra railway station, the GRP not too long ago registered an FIR in opposition to the contractor. No arrests were made yet.
The public washroom was once inaugurated on platform No. 3 of Bandra station via BJP MLA Ashish Shelar on October 26, 2017. "Passengers started queueing up at the washroom. Around 3pm, the queue of male passengers was particularly long. The contractor permitted two male passengers to use the ladies' washroom," mentioned RTI activist Shakil Ahmed Shaikh, who was once provide at the platform. "I questioned the contractor on how men could be allowed to use the ladies' washroom. I also shot a video on my cellphone, which shows a woman passenger waiting outside the washroom while a male passenger emerges from it. The contractor defended his action and claimed that there were too many male passengers in the queue. I asked him who was to be held responsible if a woman passenger stepped in and was harassed," Shaikh mentioned.
Shaikh went to the Bandra GRP outpost and summoned a police constable. He additionally dashed off a grievance to railway minister Piyush Goyal. In a letter later despatched to Shaikh, the Bandra GRP mentioned that that they had booked two males, Roshankumar Gupta, 28, and Noor Islam Shaikh, 32, underneath the Maharashtra Police Act for obscenity and produced them earlier than a railway court docket. The duo was once released on bail. "Shaikh wanted to press charges against the contractor. He submitted a CD of the video recording he had made. We conducted a preliminary probe before lodging the FIR under the IPC's section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) on April 27," mentioned a GRP official.
The workplace of the Divisional Railway Manager (Mumbai Central) additionally wrote to Shaikh, informing him that the Railway Protection Force have been asked to stick vigilant and take action if such incidents got here to gentle in long term.
The public washroom was once inaugurated on platform No. 3 of Bandra station via BJP MLA Ashish Shelar on October 26, 2017. "Passengers started queueing up at the washroom. Around 3pm, the queue of male passengers was particularly long. The contractor permitted two male passengers to use the ladies' washroom," mentioned RTI activist Shakil Ahmed Shaikh, who was once provide at the platform. "I questioned the contractor on how men could be allowed to use the ladies' washroom. I also shot a video on my cellphone, which shows a woman passenger waiting outside the washroom while a male passenger emerges from it. The contractor defended his action and claimed that there were too many male passengers in the queue. I asked him who was to be held responsible if a woman passenger stepped in and was harassed," Shaikh mentioned.
Shaikh went to the Bandra GRP outpost and summoned a police constable. He additionally dashed off a grievance to railway minister Piyush Goyal. In a letter later despatched to Shaikh, the Bandra GRP mentioned that that they had booked two males, Roshankumar Gupta, 28, and Noor Islam Shaikh, 32, underneath the Maharashtra Police Act for obscenity and produced them earlier than a railway court docket. The duo was once released on bail. "Shaikh wanted to press charges against the contractor. He submitted a CD of the video recording he had made. We conducted a preliminary probe before lodging the FIR under the IPC's section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) on April 27," mentioned a GRP official.
The workplace of the Divisional Railway Manager (Mumbai Central) additionally wrote to Shaikh, informing him that the Railway Protection Force have been asked to stick vigilant and take action if such incidents got here to gentle in long term.
Men allowed into ladies' loo at Bandra station
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