Update: Eunuch menace near railway station

Eunuchs have become a nuisance to the already harassed public near the railway stations in the suburbs. These eunuchs take advantage of the slow moving traffic in and around the station area and pounce upon passengers alighting from rickshaws for alms.

They block the way and grab people's hands to compel them to give away money. Commuters allege that the traffic police and the police on duty are silent spectators. Office going ladies, young girls and college going students are the favourite targets of the eunuchs. Girls, women, young boys fear their misbehavior and vulgar comments.

"We belong to the service class are have limited income. We try to save money by boarding share-a-rickshaw but these eunuchs try to grab whatever change we get in return from the auto rickshaw drivers. They are so strong that we can't even defend ourselves from their clutches. The police should chase them away and jail them. Only then they will stop harassing public," said Rohini Srivastav from Tilak chowk Kalyan west.

Harassed commuters say that they really want the authorities to take some strict action. "If the police will not act fast then we will be forced to thrash the eunuchs in public. That's the only way to stop this public nuisance," complained Kunal Karnik, Sameer Sawant and Rahil Shaikh from Kalyan west, students from RKT college, Ulhasnagar.

When DK Plus confronted the traffic policeman on duty he retorted, "We are here to regulate the traffic and not to mind the eunuchs. Police Inspector Avhad, Mahatma Police station, said, "We always take action against them, we have even sent them to jail for days together but they are freed by court on paying a negligible amount as fine. After keeping away for a few days they return to their spots and start begging again.

They run away as soon as they see a policeman. But as DK Plus has brought up this serious issue I will take strict action against them and place a few policemen on duty at this particular area to get rid of these culprits," assures Avhad.

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