Mumbai / Fight between women passengers in Mumbai local train video viral on social media

Mumbai News: A video of a fierce fight between some women over a seat in a local train in Mumbai is going viral on social media. It is being told that there was a fight between women passengers in the ladies coach of 'Thane-Panvel' Mumbai local.

In the viral video, women can be seen pulling each other's hair inside the train. A lady constable tried to pacify the passengers, but her efforts went in vain and she was injured.

S Katare, Senior Police Inspector, Vashi Railway Station said, “A scuffle broke out between 3 women in Thane to Panvel local train at Vashi railway station. After a dispute over the seat, some women started hitting each other. During this, a female employee was injured.

Fight between two female passengers over a seat in #Local #TRAIN .

The woman police constable who went to the rescue got hurt.

Both women filed a case against each other at Vashi Railway Police Station.@Central_Railway #Mumbai pic.twitter.com/nFOKv7bOWv

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Giving details about the incident, the police officer said that an elderly woman and her granddaughter, who had boarded the local train from Thane, and another woman in the train at Koparkhairane, were waiting for the seat to be vacant. When the seat was vacant, the elderly woman asked the granddaughter to sit and another woman also tried to grab the seat, after which an argument broke out which turned into a scuffle. It is being told that the women involved in the assault have filed a case against each other.

Huge crowd in local trains

Let us tell you that the local trains, which are called the lifeline of Mumbai, are also known for their congestion. Due to its wide reach in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and used by a large segment of the local urban population, Mumbai local trains suffer from some of the most severe congestion in the world.