About ten passengers from Bihar, who boarded a reserved coach in Sangamitra Express train, reportedly attacked a squad Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE), Sudheer, and took away some cash from him, on Thursday night.
When the TTE asked to show their tickets, the passengers had an argument with him. They thrashed Mr. Sudheer, snatched ₹27,000 cash and the Excess Pay Receipt book from him, when the train was at Nellore station.
The TTE alerted the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Government Railway Police (GRP), who took four accused into custody at Ongole railway station, while the remaining managed to escape, said Vijayawada Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (Sr. DCM), V. Rambabu.
