Call it body shaming of a different kind, but after being pushed to the wall, railway cops have initiated a fitting punishment for able-bodied people who board handicapped compartments of local trains. In an initiative started by Railway Police Force (RPF) at Kurla, cops are making the offenders stand on crutches on the platform till legal proceedings against them get over.

Though the exercise may seem out of the rulebook, one has to understand how difficult it has been for cops to check this commuting malaise. For years now, considerable time, effort and manpower has been invested on preventing or nabbing able-bodied commuters from travelling in handicapped bogies.