One of the men began misbehaving with the couple. (Screengrab of the video)

In what seems like a re-run of the Kolkata metro incident, a young couple faced harassment onboard a local train while traveling from Kolkata's Sealdah station to Barrackpore on Saturday.

A 28-year-old MNC employee was returning home with his 24-year-old girlfriend on Saturday night. They had boarded the Krishnanagar local train from the busy Sealdah station at 9 pm.

Inside the train, the couple had requested a middle aged man to shift a bit so that the couple could sit together side by side. But the person refused, stating that he won't move, as he won't get the fan.

The couple then decided to somehow sit in the cramped space as the person refused to budge. There was a small altercation but things did not go out of control.

Things got worse when the train neared its destination and some more passengers boarded the same compartment. One of the men entered the conversation and began misbehaving with the couple. He abused the couple and questioned the dress the lady was wearing, all of which was recorded by her on her mobile.

The couple posted about the incident on Facebook and have also filed a complaint with the Government Railway Police.

Here's a translation of the woman's post:

Like every other day, I boarded a train from Sealdah. I asked some people to adjust in the seat so that we could sit too, but they rudely refused to. One of them said that he wouldn't shift leaving his place under the fan. Somehow, we managed to squeeze in, when the co-passengers started yelling, 'this is not the ladies' compartment, go to the ladies' compartment. These uneducated people didn't seem to know that this was a general compartment, not exclusive to men. At last, we gave up the seat and moved away. This time, the man who had earlier refused shift from his seat under the fan moved to where we were sitting. So I just asked him, 'Kaku, how come you are moving now? Aren't you feeling hot?'

To that, he responded 'Go home and sit on each other's lap'

And then some more: That Kolkata metro case happened because of people of your generation'

Another said: Don't come in a train dressed like this (I was wearing a tshirt and jeans)

I just want to say, is this our country? Where women are meant to hear such things? This is our new society, where such behaviour is a daily routine on trains and buses? I just want to ask, is this the behaviour which can be expected from the seniors [sic]?