Another peegate: Drunk passenger urinates on senior citizens onboard train in UP | Lucknow News – Times of India

LUCKNOW: In yet another peegate, a man in his early 20s and under heavy influence of alcohol allegedly urinated on a senior citizen couple, who were traveling in an AC coach of Uttar Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express.
The incident took place on Wednesday night inside B3 coach. The train was cruising towards Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Junction, when the victims lying on lower berths 57 and 60 were left in a state of shock as they saw a youth urinating on them and their luggage.
“It was traumatic for us.Our journey to the national capital was supposed to be peaceful, but never in our dreams we had thought that somebody would literally urinate on us,” said the passenger who is a retired orthopaedic from Banaras Hindu University.
The accused passenger was identified as Ritesh of Qutub Vihar, southwest Delhi. He had boarded the train from Mahoba. Ritesh was traveling on the side lower berth number 63.
“This man was under heavy influence of alcohol. After he urinated on us and our belongings, fellow passengers alerted the coach attendant and TTE. It was like hell, everything was wet and stinky. The accused was alighted at Jhansi railway station,” said the victim.

According to an official source, onboard TTE Basruddin Khan immediately called housing keeping staff to sanitize the coach. He later gave a memo to RPF Jhansi about the incident and handed over Ritesh to them for further legal action.
“The accused Ritesh was booked under railway act 145 (drunkenness or nuisance),” said Manoj Singh, PRO of Jhansi division, North Central Railway.
RPF SHO Jhansi confirmed to TOI, that the accused was granted bail, as the section was only of drunkenness.