In a bizarre incident, an elderly man was found sleeping under the shade of an umbrella on a railway track in Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh. A video has surfaced which shows that a train approaches and stops just in time where the man was found resting on the railway tracks. After stopping the train, the locomotive pilot came to him and woke up.
The viral video, which was shared on X, begins with a shot of the elderly man sleeping under his umbrella as the train comes to a stop at a safe distance.
“A person was sleeping on the railway track with an umbrella. Seeing this, the loco pilot stopped the train, Then he woke him up and removed him from the track. Then the train moved forward in Prayagraj UP,” the video was captioned by an X user.
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Netizens' Reaction Over Viral Video
The viral video garnered several reactions from online users over the social media handle X shared by an account user "Ghar Ke Kalesh". An X user wrote, "And, the track was his pillow!! Looks like the impact of desi booze."
Another user said, "How could he sleep peacefully in that death bed."
"Tell this mad person that people are troubled here and this is the only place he has found to sleep. A different level of stupidity is going on in the country," an internet user wrote.
In another incident, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) arrested a YouTuber for placing several objects on railway tracks to gain publicity, endangering the safety of Indian Railways and its passengers. The offender, Gulzar Sheikh, was arrested at his home in Khandrauli Village of Uttar Pradesh.
The RPF also urged the public not to get involved in such activities and to report any actions that compromise railway security and safety.
