A police constable has been arrested for allegedly misbehaving with women passengers while being drunk in the ladies' compartment of a local train in Mumbai, media reports said.

The incident took place on Saturday afternoon in the Borivali-Vasai slow local train.

The accused constable has been identified as Amol Kishore Sapkale, who has been posted with the Mira Bhayander and Vasai-Virar Police Commissionerate.

According to reports, Constable Sapkale boarded the train at Mira Road Station after which he allegedly touched women passengers from behind while pretending to check tickets.

He was in his khaki uniform, a video shot by one of the passengers showed.

He was staring at the women passengers, making them uncomfortable, they alleged, claiming that he even snatched the mobile phones of some women who were trying to record his behaviour.

Eventually, some women forced him out of the coach and lodged a complaint with the station master.

Vasai Road Railway Police officials then reached the spot and took Sapkale into custody.

The police have filed a case against Sapkale, charging him with outraging the modesty of women and threatening them, based on a complaint by a passenger.