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Thane Model Attacks RPF Staff With Razor on Train, Gets Bail

Thane Model Attacks RPF Staff With Razor on Train, Gets Bail
Model Strips In Train Over Seat Spat, Attacks Railway Cops With Blade · NDTV

A woman who works as a model got onto a train called the Aravali Express.

She only had a ticket for the cheaper sleeper section, but she went into the nicer air-conditioned coach and sat in a seat that was already reserved for another passenger.

When someone asked her to move, she said no, so a passenger told the train staff and the railway police.

The police say she got very angry, shouted at them, took off her clothes, and hurt one officer with a small razor blade.

She also hurt herself, and the officer's uniform and phone were damaged.

The railway police locked the coach doors so things would not get worse, and she tried to break the glass to get away.

She was taken off the train at Dahanu station and later brought to the Borivali police.

She asked to be arrested and calmed down after the police wrote up the report.

She was let go on bail, which means she can leave but must come back to court later.

Some news sites showed a picture of a different woman named Antarra Banerjee by mistake, but that woman said no case was filed against her.

Key facts

Accused
Antara Soham Banerjee, 31, model residing in Thane
Incident date
August 12, approximately 9:30pm–10:50pm
Location
Aravali Express, between Borivali and Dahanu
Ticket status
Sleeper-class ticket; entered reserved AC coach
Injuries
RPF ASI Yaminikant Mishra and Banerjee herself injured; Mishra's uniform and mobile phone damaged
Charges
Endangering safety, grievous harm to public servants, assault, intentional insult
Custody and bail
Handed to GRP; taken into custody by Borivali railway police; released on bail after notice
Media mix-up
Some reports used a photo of actress/model Antarra Banerjee; her PR team said it was mistaken and no case is registered against her

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