Thane: MNS workers allegedly assaulted a deputy station manager at Kalyan railway station on Monday after a woman pointsman accused him of sexually harassing her for six months by allegedly sending obscene messages and repeatedly calling her to his residence.
The woman, a pointsman, alleged that the official had been harassing her for the past six months by sending obscene messages and calling her to his residence. She had reportedly informed the station master about the alleged harassment twice. However, she alleged that the messages and calls continued. Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel reached the spot and intervened, preventing the situation from escalating further.
The station master reprimanded the accused in her presence on both occasions, according to her complaint. After she said she did not get the response she expected from the railway authorities, the woman approached local Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leaders and showed them the messages allegedly sent by the official. A GRP official said a complaint had been registered against the railway official based on the woman’s allegations.
On Monday, MNS workers went to the official’s cabin with the woman and confronted him with the messages. some members of the group allegedly began hitting him While questioning him about the allegations.
