Title - Rat bites woman passenger in AC coach

CHENNAI: The railways appears to be losing the fight against pests and rodents on trains. A 64-year-old woman was bitten by a rat in an AC III-tier coach of the Coimbatore-Chennai Cheran Express at Arakkonam station early on Tuesday. As the train was moving, irate passengers pulled the chain and stopped it.

Meena Ramana, who was asleep, suffered a cut to a toe and screamed out. Passengers who rushed to her help kicked up a ruckus when the travelling ticket examiner said she could get treated when the train reached Chennai. As the train had already started to move, passengers pulled the chain.