Man arrested for pulling chain on Shatabdi Express for his mother to finish breakfast

July 2: A 32-year-old man travelling with his mother in Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi Express on Sunday decided to pull the chain and brought the train to a halt at Mathura junction station as his mother was yet to finish her breakfast. The chain puller, identified as Manish Arora of East Delhi, was nabbed and booked under section 141 of the Railways Act. Later, he was released on bail.

The passengers were travelling in the C-8 coach of the train and had to get down at Mathura. They were served breakfast in Delhi but Manish’s mother had still not finished her meal by the time the train arrived at Mathura Junction. Manish chose to pull the chain and make it halt for extra minutes before they got down. Manish admitted to pulling the chain to allow his mother extra time to finish the breakfast that was served in the train. The man was caught immediately was the RPF personnel onboard the train and handed over to the Mathura Railway Protection Force unit.

He’s required to a pay penalty after appearing before the railway magistrate on a given date, failing which he may be served imprisonment. The facility of alarm chain pulling (ACP) was meant to be used only in cases of extreme emergency. It needs mention here that more than 850 people were arrested in the last six months for pulling chains in the trains of Northern Railway, unnecessarily causing inconvenience to passengers.