Thane, March 11 An 18-year-old female passenger allegedly assaulted a female ticket checker on a foot overbridge at the Thane railway station after being asked to show her ticket, police said.
The incident occurred on Monday when the 39-year-old head ticket checker was checking tickets.
The teenager, who was on her mobile phone, refused to show her ticket. When asked for her ID, she showed a PAN card instead of an Aadhaar card, leading to a heated argument between them, a railway police official said on Tuesday.
The passenger then allegedly hit the ticket checker's face with her mobile phone, he said.
The ticket checker subsequently took the accused to the station manager's office, where she was identified as a local resident involved in housekeeping and beauty services.
The police were called, and a case was registered against her under provisions of the Indian Railway Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.