By PTI
The Western Railway (WR) has suspended a Mumbai-based Ticket Collector after an audio clip surfaced wherein he is purportedly heard making objectionable remarks against Maharashtra natives and a minority community.
Ticket Collector (TC) Ashish Pande, hailing from Uttar Pradesh and currently residing in Mumbai’s Vikhroli area, was suspended on Sunday, pending an inquiry, the WR’s Mumbai Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) said after the clip’s content triggered an uproar.
The audio clip was on Sunday posted on X by a social media user and it quickly went viral.
In the clip, Pande is purportedly heard making disparaging remarks against Maharashtrians and a minority community.
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