India, Aug. 7 -- For commuters on the Western Railway's suburban network, the risks of travelling ticketless will rise exponentially in the coming days as all ticket checkers (TCs) will get protective vests with body cameras and microphones, which will enable them capture videos of rule violators as well as record evidence in case of an assault by ticketless commuters, like it happened in Borivali last Saturday.

On Wednesday, a prototype of the vest was unveiled during one of the largest fortress checking drives at Borivali station as one TC sported the black-coloured vest with multiple pockets to store penalty receipt booklets and hand-held terminals for checking e-tickets.

"The vests will improve operational readiness and safety of TC...