Meerut RRTS viral video: Train operator, couple booked over sexual act on Namo Bharat train

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Videos of a young couple engaging in sexual intercourse in a moving Namo Bharat train on the Ghaziabad-Meerut section of the RRTS network went viral on social media.

An investigation was taken up by the police as they got in touch with National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), which runs the network, officials.

An official from NCRTC, who did not wish to be named, told Hindustan Times, “The videos were from last month (November); an investigation has been initiated and some action has also been taken. We are also in the process of taking up drives to make people more aware.”

Following the investigation, NCRTC has suspended an RRTS (Namo Bharat) train operator, Rishabh, and lodged an FIR against him for allegedly filming the passengers and later circulating the video, according to a report by The Times of India.

The incident took place in a nearly empty train coach on November 24. The operator was terminated for violating NCRTC protocols, which strictly prohibit staff from recording or sharing surveillance footage.

"On Monday, we got an FIR registered under BNS sections 296 (obscene acts in a public place) and 77 (voyeurism), and Section 67 of the IT Act, which concerns publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form. The FIR mentions the train operator, who was found to have recorded the act from the live CCTV feed and circulated it, as well as the unknown couple involved," the NCRTC official told TOI.

The couple, is yet to be traced, but has also been mentioned in the FIR.