chennai a 22yearold house painter picked up by the railway police at villivakkam station for footboard travel has been hospitalized after drinking cleaning fluid allegedly upset that he had been asked to clean the bathroom as punishmentrailway protection force officers denied the man was made to clean the bathroom and said he drank cleaning fluid fearing he would be produced in court and jailedvetri of annanur near ambattur had boarded a crowded train from chennai central railway station on monday evening he was deboarded at villivakkam railway station by rpf men who were nabbing those travelling on footboardpolice sources said that since he was a house painter they had initially asked him to paint one of the walls on tuesday later he was also made to clean the bathroom at the rpf station thats where he consumed the cleaning liquid apparently humiliated by his punishment he is undergoing treatment at the government kilpauk medical college and hospitala senior government railway police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity said the man was initially caught for footboard travel but was later found to not possess a ticket he was taken to the rpf station where he was told to inform his family to come and pay the fine he told them that he would not be able to pay a hefty sum as fine he reportedly asked them to spare him and not produce him in court as there was no one to bail him out vetri asked permission from our personnel to go to the toilet where he consumed the cleaning liquid there the official said further investigations are on