Railways sources deny that incident occurred Morung Express News Dimapur | October 23 Social media went abuzz on October 23 with conflicting reports following an alleged assault of a young Naga passenger travelling on a Guwahati-bound train from Gujarat. As per the initial report, an unidentified Naga man, in his early 20s, was reportedly assaulted, looted and thrown out of a train somewhere in UP. Following the alleged incident, the victim lodged a police complaint at Barabanki Government Railway Police Station (GRPS), which is about one hour away from Lucknow station. Railways sources on Sunday evening however denied receiving report of any such incident. The sources, quoting a Naga co-passenger of the alleged assault victim, said that there was a group of 5 Naga passengers onboard the train bound for Guwahati. They had boarded at Ahmedabad. One member of the group reportedly got down at Barabanki following an incident in the train during which he was accosted by some unruly passengers, who got into their ‘sleeper’ coach midway. Fearing for his personal security he got down at Barabanki station around 1:30 am, where he was picked up by the local police there. He was later handed over to the Barabanki railway police, who contacted the railway police in Dimapur, the source said. Stating he was safe, the sources informed that the train is scheduled to arrive at Guwahati on Monday morning.