Rlys closes gate after staffer is assaulted
Commuters Forced To Take Another Route
Vincent.Arockiaraj@timesgroup.com
Trichy: 26.09.2018
After the gate keeper at a level crossing gate keeper was attacked by unidentified people, the Trichy railway division authorities have closed the gate near Cuddalore permanently to teach the locals a lesson.
A notice board hanging on the gate read, “On 23.09.2018 Shri Ashraf Ali on duty GK was assaulted by the public while doing duty, this LC gate (LC - 151) is permanently closed.”
Following the closure of the gate, people are forced to take an alternative route.
According to sources, gate keeper Ashraf Ali was beaten up by some motorists for not opening the gatewhich had been closed as a train was to pass through the section. They also said such incidences were common at the crossing.
Trichy divisional railway manager (DRM), P Uday Kumar Reddy said he had ordered the gate closed following many such incidents. “The people in that area are very aggressive. When I was there at the gate on September 22 midnight, two men on a two-wheeler approached the gate and ordered the staff to open the gate. When he refused, they started abusing him. Subsequently, I intervened and informed the RPF. After seeing the RPF, they fled from the spot,” he said.
The railway administration has lodged a complaint with Government Railway Police (GRP) about the incident, he said.
When asked about the inconvenience for the general public, DRM said there was no hindrance for vehicular movement as another gate 15 metres away.
DRASTIC MEASURES
Commuters Forced To Take Another Route
Vincent.Arockiaraj@timesgroup.com
Trichy: 26.09.2018
After the gate keeper at a level crossing gate keeper was attacked by unidentified people, the Trichy railway division authorities have closed the gate near Cuddalore permanently to teach the locals a lesson.
A notice board hanging on the gate read, “On 23.09.2018 Shri Ashraf Ali on duty GK was assaulted by the public while doing duty, this LC gate (LC - 151) is permanently closed.”
Following the closure of the gate, people are forced to take an alternative route.
According to sources, gate keeper Ashraf Ali was beaten up by some motorists for not opening the gatewhich had been closed as a train was to pass through the section. They also said such incidences were common at the crossing.
Trichy divisional railway manager (DRM), P Uday Kumar Reddy said he had ordered the gate closed following many such incidents. “The people in that area are very aggressive. When I was there at the gate on September 22 midnight, two men on a two-wheeler approached the gate and ordered the staff to open the gate. When he refused, they started abusing him. Subsequently, I intervened and informed the RPF. After seeing the RPF, they fled from the spot,” he said.
The railway administration has lodged a complaint with Government Railway Police (GRP) about the incident, he said.
When asked about the inconvenience for the general public, DRM said there was no hindrance for vehicular movement as another gate 15 metres away.
DRASTIC MEASURES
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