Two TTEs arrested for assaulting Odisha student on train

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Feb 11, 2015 at 4:34 PM Updated On : Feb 14, 2015 at 8:28 PM

Reported by Santosh Jagdev

Bhubaneswar, Feb 11:

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Government Railway Police (GRP) today arrested two travelling ticket examiners (TTEs) for allegedly assaulting two students of Utkal University in the Odisha capital on the Puri-Cuttack passenger train.

The TTEs were identified as Dibakar Behera working under Khordha railway division and Kamalakanta Mishra of the Vishakapatnam railway division.

“As per allegation made by two students of the Psychology department pursuing their master degree in Utkal University, we have detained two TTEs for interrogation to ascertain the facts,” IIC of Bhubaneswar GRP Soubhagya Kumar Swain said.

As per the complaint filed by Subhendu Biswal, one of the attacked students, the TTE asked another passenger travelling in the same compartment for a ticket. When the passenger failed to produce the ticket and pay penalty for the cause, the TTE asked him to hand over his mobile phone. On seeing this, the two students intervened in the matter, which led to a heated argumens with the TTE.

The reports said all of the sudden the TTE attacked the students in which Prabodh Mahapatra, a student, received injuries on his head.

The TTE will be forwarded to a local court here today. Investigation is on, the GRP IIC said.