The women did not carry any valid tickets and only had coach numbers stamped on their hands, the officials said.

Amid the ongoing row over language in Maharashtra, Governor CP Radhakrishnan has urged people to refrain from spreading hatred based on linguistic differences, warning that such attitudes could harm the state in the long run.

The long-range Russian drones come in swarms each night, buzzing for hours over Ukraine by the hundreds, terrorising the population and attacking targets from the industrial east to areas near its western border with Poland.