The railways have always been referred to as the lifeline of India, which links people, culture, and economy in every part of this extensive country. Millions of passengers use railway facilities daily for various purposes like work, education, tourism, and visiting their families, which makes the railway system of India one of the busiest and most important in the world. From luxury trains to affordable passenger services, rail travel continues to be the preferred mode of transportation for people from all walks of life.
Nevertheless, due to millions of people using the railway services every day, the question of passengers’ safety and comfort arises constantly. Problems related to overcrowding, fighting over seats, theft, and even sexual harassment occur from time to time. Recently, Indian Railways responded after a woman shared a video alleging that a man made obscene gestures at her during a train journey.
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Woman alleges man on passing train made obscene gestures at her
Train journey for travel content creator Rupali Dixit ended up in an uncomfortable situation after she reported an allegedly obscene gesture by a passenger from another running train.
As per her tweet, the incident happened on June 29 during her journey in the Vivek Express. In her post, she stated that she was standing by the coach door when she received unwanted and obscene gestures from a man travelling in the 15228-SMVT Express who was standing outside his train’s second general coach from the engine side. She also tagged RailMadad, RailwaySeva, Ministry of Railways, and Railway Protection Force (RPF) in her post requesting their help to act on it.
The 12-second video shows the accused man making obscene gestures towards her. She also shared the live location of the train at the time of the incident, saying it had happened between Bolpur Shantiniketan and Dankuni.
Have a look at the original video and tweet:
Today I was travel in Vivek Express when I Stand at coach door ,this guy behave badly and giving me sign of Sexual .He was Travelling in a 15228- SMVT Express in 2nd General coach from Engine and now he was reaching to Dankuni Jn.@RailMadad @RailMinIndia @RailwaySeva @RPF_INDIA pic.twitter.com/bMp4J61Czg
— Rupali Dixit 🇮🇳 (@GhumakkadLaali) June 29, 2026
Railways reacted to the harassment complaint
In response to the post, RailwaySeva responded to her almost immediately, indicating that her complaint had been lodged. Replying to her post, they asked her to send her PNR/UTS number and mobile number in a direct message to enable them to take action and also mentioned that a grievance number had been sent to her through SMS.
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Have a look at the Railway’s response:
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We will require your journey details (PNR / UTS no.) & mobile no. preferably via DM. You may also raise your concern directly on https://t.co/JNjgaq1zyT or dial 139 for speedy redressal
– RPF India https://t.co/utEzIqB89U— RailwaySeva (@RailwaySeva) June 29, 2026
The internet calls for strict action against the accused
The video went viral on the platform and gained over 1.7 million views on X. It also sparked strong reactions across social media, with many users condemning the alleged behaviour and urging authorities to identify the man and take strict action. However, there are many other people who accused her of doing this deliberately, given the fact that she was seen laughing in the video.
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Have a look at some of the reactions:
You did the right thing by registering the complaint.
The thing you did wrong was that smile while you were responding to him.
— Pulse Of Desi (@PulseOfDesi) June 30, 2026
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This is exactly why most women don’t report these things. Instead of focusing on the man’s disgusting behaviour, people are busy questioning why she smiled. The harassment is the problem, not her reaction.
— Megha (@HeyItsMegha) June 30, 2026
Identify this person address and put incident picture all around him home and locality, his family should know and specially female member of their family should shame him in his house.
— Gaurav Prakash (@Prakash_Gaurav) July 1, 2026
Your response was equally encouraging. And u expect them to go and catch him like he stole something 😭
— Naaku Teliyadhu Ra (@naakuteliyadhu) June 30, 2026
The people judging her laughter are the same people who judges women’s attire in case of r@pe. “why were you wearing that cloth, it was encouraging”. F’ing Uncivilized basd@rd mentality.
— Debdutta Dasgupta (@d3gupta911) July 1, 2026
Make him famous until reaches his mother, wife, sister, daughter
— Rajen (@SureshAurica) June 30, 2026
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Women safety in india is a joke.
— Tapaswini (@TpRChampawat) June 30, 2026
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