presence of mind and the efforts of Railway cops helped save a drunken woman from all we know she could have faced in the late-night hours travelling alone in a local train on January 10, 2012. The incident, which should be a learning for us all, highlights that while harmful elements exist in the city, there are still many who go out of their way to help others. It also puts light on that fact that Railway police is indeed helpful.
This happened just a few hours ago and did quite reinforce my faith in this city and the people that keep it running.
I dropped a couple of friends from the airport to Mumbai Central this evening and then decided to take the last train northwards. The
Virar slow local train was just pulling in to platform 1. A woman (in her late 20s) dressed in a salwar kameez asked me '
Bhai, yeh train Goregaon jaaega?' (Will this train take me to Goregaon). I said yes, and instinctively felt something was wrong. I was just about to board the train and then realised this
woman was too drunk to be able to walk. She narrowly missed falling down and somehow stumbled into the train.
It was the
2nd class general compartment and the train was relatively empty. She again asked a few people if the train would go to Goregaon and then passed out on the seats. In the beginning, I didn't think much of it until a few stations later
a few drunken men got into the compartment and kept staring at her. The whole thing felt super odd and as Bandra approached, I was getting a bit worried about how this woman will get off at Goregaon (she was completely sloshed and has passed out). The one drunken guy sitting across the seat from her did not look like he was up to any good.
