Anurag Kamble anurag. kamble@ mid- day. com A WOMAN railway commuter has been left with a broken nasal bone after being slapped by an unknown train traveller while she was at the Mulund railway station platform. The January 28 incident left the 25- year- old woman unconscious. Ankita Dhuri, a resident of Mulund, works in a private firm as an accountant. On January 28 morning, she was waiting for a train at Mulund station. She decided not to board the one that arrived as it was too crowded. As the train was exiting the station, someone in the train extended their hand and slapped Ankita. u201c All I remember is someone hitting me very hard on the face. When I regained consciousness, I was in a hospital bed. The doctors told me that my nose was bleeding profusely,u201d Ankita said. u201c My father had reached the hospital by then. He told me that I had fractured my nose and it needs to be fixed.u201d Ankita was operated upon at Dhanwantari Hospital in Mulund, West. u201c I was going to work when I received a call from Ankitau2019s mobile. Someone told me to rush to the hospital. I found my daughter unconscious with a nasal injury,u201d said Ankitau2019s father, Arun Dhuri, who works as a maintenance personnel for a swimming pool. Dr. Navin Davda from the hospital wrote to Kurla GRP explaining Ankitau2019s injuries. The Kurla GRP recorded Ankita and her fatheru2019s statement at the hospital and apparently asked them to sign a document saying they did not want to file a case. u201c A relative of ours spotted the sentenceu201d Arun said. u201c The officer said they will call us later to register a case.u201d Ankita was discharged from the hospital on February 4. Her treatment cost R 55,000. She claimed that the GRP is not willing to file an FIR. However, Senior Police Inspector, Kurla GRP, M A Inamdar denied the claims and had a different story to tell. u201c Right from the start, they were reluctant to file a case. Finally, we went to their residence on Friday and registered an FIR. We have booked an unknown person under IPC Section 307 ( attempt to murder).u201d He denied discouraging Ankita from filing an FIR. u201c Every year we register thousands of cases, why would we not file this one?u201d he said. Commuter slaps woman at station, breaks her nose Unknown person extends a hand and knocks 25- year- old accountant unconscious, all she remembers is being hit u2018 very hardu2019 and waking up in a hospital with a bleeding nose Ankita Dhuri. pics/ rajesh gupta

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