Chennai: Woman advocate, TTE rain blows on each other over platform ticket

CHENNAI: An advocate and a ticket examiner exchanged blows at the Egmore railway station on Saturday afternoon after an altercation, creating a tense atmosphere.

Onlookers intervened and separated both women, after which both of them filed police complaints against each other. The scuffle was caught on camera, and the video is viral on social media.

According to the Government Railway Police (GRP), the advocate, Mohana (24), slapped the ticket examiner, Salma Begum (40), after which another woman ticket examiner intervened and manhandled the advocate. The two ticket examiners and the advocate engaged in a scuffle and were eventually calmed down by the passengers.

Based on the complaint lodged by Salma, the police booked Mohana for allegedly assaulting and obstructing a public servant from discharging her duty. On Mohana's complaint, cases were registered against Salma for allegedly using abusive language and criminal intimidation.

According to the police, the advocate was stopped by Salma Begum when she entered the railway station premises. When the ticket examiner asked for a ticket, Mohanan allegedly told her she had not travelled by train and that she had come to see off a friend.

When the ticket examiner asked the advocate to produce a platform ticket, the advocate said she did not have one, after which the ticket examiners took her to the office for questioning. An argument there had escalated into fisticuffs, police sources said. During the inquiry, Mohana allegedly slapped Salma, which escalated into a full-blown assault, the police said.