Bihar 'Cop' Throws Man Off Train Over Rs 20,000 'Fine' For Smoking
A 25-year-old man named Rohit Tiwari has been arrested for impersonating police officers to extort money from train passengers in Bihar. The suspect allegedly kidnapped a laborer and threw him off a train after his family failed to meet a ransom demand.
Why it matters
The incident exposes vulnerabilities in railway security and the prevalence of impersonation-based crimes targeting migrant laborers.
He would board the 'divyangjan' (disabled-friendly) coaches in passenger trains, impersonate a police officer, Railway Protection Force (RPF), or Special Task Force (STF) officer and extort fines from passengers. He would target labourers and young passengers in particular and fine them for smoking violations or ticket-related offences. In case of resistance, he would assault passengers. He is Rohit Tiwari, a 25-year-old native of Bariswan, a village in Bihar's Bhojpur district. Tiwari has been arrested for kidnapping and throwing a passenger off the train.The case came to light after 21-year-old Nitin Kumar, a resident of Vaishali district, called his family and told them that he had been taken off the train for smoking.
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