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Chain ‘Heist’ Leaves Passengers Boarding Tapaswini Express From Odisha Without Berths

Bhubaneswar: Passengers of  Tapaswini Express (Puri to Hatia) experienced a night of unexpected discomfort as chains holding up the middle berths were found missing on the S-6 coach of the train.

The incident, reported near Bhubaneswar station on Sunday, left passengers alarmed and struggling with their seating arrangements. “I boarded the train at 8.45 pm from Puri railway station. As I got ready to sleep, I found that the middle berth chains was missing from the S-6 compartment in the train. Passengers began to panic and later we informed the ticket collector,” a passenger was quoted as saying by ANI.

The ticket collector responded promptly to the unusual situation and one additional compartment was attached for the affected passengers at Bhubaneswar railway station.

“It was reported that chains of middle berths of the S6 coach were missing in the Tapaswini Express yesterday. A separate coach was attached at Bhubaneswar station. The matter is under investigation to find out how the chains went missing,” East Coast Railway (ECoR) CPRO  Ashoka Kumar Mishra said.

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