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A pregnant commuter wearing a Baby on Board badge was left humiliated after a fellow tube passenger demanded she prove she was expecting.

Raayan Zafar, 32, was accosted by a man in his 40s as she went to sit next to him on Victoria Line journey in Stockwell on Wednesday.

After one man saw the mother-of one's badge and gave up his seat, another woman attempted to sit down before Raayan made her aware of her condition.

But this reportedly angered the man already sitting down, and he asked Raayan why she was taking the seat from the woman.

Raayan, from Tooting, told the Evening Standard: “I showed him my ‘baby on board’ badge and he then rudely asked me: ‘Where is the baby?’

“I was shocked – is that the way to speak to a pregnant lady? Do I have to carry my maternity notes with me all the time?”

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Raayan told the newspaper she is in the early stages of pregnancy and is yet to develop a visible bump.

She said she has seen lots of pregnant ladies wearing Baby on Board badges being ignored by selfish commuters.

“As a nation we are losing our etiquette," she said.

Baby on Board badges are issued by Transport for London to make it easier for mums-to-be travelling around the capital. No proof of pregnancy is required.