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Mumbai: Commuters protecting old man attack Sandhurst Rd railway staff
Updated On: 10 November, 2018 08:30 PM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Eventually, it turned out to be a huge misunderstanding, and the man was taken away safely, while the Sandhurst Road station's booking office suffered damage
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The booking office and other material at Sandhurst Road station were damaged. Pic/Suresh Karkera
What had started off as a well-meaning gesture to protect an elderly man from harassment, quickly escalated into vandalism and violence, as commuters pelted railway staffers with stones. Eventually, it turned out to be a huge misunderstanding, and the man was taken away safely, while the Sandhurst Road station's booking office suffered damage.
A misunderstanding
Sources said a senior citizen was sleeping outside the station manager's office, and when a railway pointsman went to wake him, he started shouting and crying. Commuters gathered quickly, mistakenly assuming that the old man was being harassed.
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