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NEW DELHI:A man travelling on the Delhi-bound Patna Rajdhani was arrested from Mughalsarai for misbehaving with two sisters who were travelling in the same coach. The Railway Protection Force, which carried out the arrest before handing him over to the Uttar Pradesh GRP said the accused was in an inebriated condition.An air gun has also been confiscated from the accused identified as Suraj Kumar, a resident of Delhi.Sources said they are checking whether the accused had declared to railway cops in Patna that he was carrying a gun with him.The arrest has raised questions about the security inside India's premiere trains at a time when security has been stepped up ahead of Independence Day.According to East Central and Northern Railway sources, the two victims were travelling in the third AC B-2 compartment. "The accused sat next to one of the girls and started touching her inappropriately . When they protested , he threatened both sisters . When the train arrived in Mughalsarai, passengers complained against him. When we questioned him, he claimed he knows influential politicians in Delhi.