Mumbai commuters owe Supriya Sule one. Last Thursday, the Baramati MP went wild when a con cabbie entered the train bogie, blocked her way and bullied her to board his vehicle from Dadar railway station. He pestered the politician shamelessly and even shot a selfie with her despite constant refusal and protest against the harassment. The MP told the entire world about the misbehaviour by tweeting from her personal handle. The railway authorities, the police and transport department officials were unprecedentedly quick in booking the cabbie under various charges.

It isn't Sule's harassment story alone. Thousands of commuters who alight at the long-distance and suburban platforms of major railways stations of the city face it every day. Taxi drivers, mostly not wearing uniforms, and their plain-clothed agents tout for taxi service, right from the moment you gather your luggage and line up to step down from the coach. They chase passengers, intimidate them when refused. When asked to run by the meter, they tell others taxi drivers to not ferry the passenger. The cons enjoy a free run on the platforms while the police and railways staff turn a blind eye to the well-organised charade.