RPF mocks 'alert' Mumbai commuter, brands him 'troublemaker'

Kapil J alleged that the RPF didnrsquot register his complaintHeeding explicit instructions of the Railway Police Force is no longer appreciated After repeated appeals to citizens to stay alert about unmanned baggage on trains when Kapil J 26 did just that after seeing two people leave four trunks in the womenrsquos compartment he was called a troublemakerHowever what is scary is the laissezfaire attitude of the Army whose baggage it ultimately turned out to beKapil who works in the financial sector was on a local from Chembur to CST around 530 pm on Saturday when the train halted at Tilaknagar and two men in blue outfits dropshyped the four trunks in the adjacent womenrsquos compartment that was empty and got off Considering Mumbairsquos history with attacks on locals the men in the compartment started to panic while Kapil called the helpline When the train stopped at Wadala a railway official accompanied by a cop came to investigate and determined that the boxes were keshypt by Army officials and were to be delivered to CST Kapil who also got off the train to help them however said ldquoHow would anyone know if it is kept by the Army or a terrorist None of the metal directors function properly and there was nobody accompanying the boxesrdquoThings spiralled downwards as officials allegedly got rude used cuss words and mocked him saying ldquoCa hai kya tu Aisa sab ke liye complain karta hai humko yahan tak aana pada Dikhta nahi tere ko yeh guard ka hai yahan lsquoguardrsquo likha hairdquo Are you mad You complain for every little thing and wersquove to come all the way here Canrsquot you see lsquoguardrsquo is written on the boxKapil J was alarmed by the four unmanned trunks in the local and called the helplineMatter gets worseHe once again called the helpline and was instructed to file a complaint with the stationmaster at CST Kapil heshyaded to CST railway office but things got uglier thereldquoWhen I asked the official to take my complaint about the carelessnessrdquo said Kapil ldquothey started shouting They threatened to get me arrested Around five officials even gathered around me This kind of behaviour is insensitive If people face such harassment a responsible passenger canrsquot dare to inform the police of an untoward incidentrdquoFinally an RPF officer came to his rescue by taking down his complaint and promised to look into it Meanwhile Central Railway spokesperson AK Singh agreed that leaving unmanned boxes contributes to panic among passengersldquoWe donrsquot allow anyone to leave behind things on trains It is obvious that passengers will panic I donrsquot know how this happened and why his complaint was not taken but I will look into itrdquo AK Singh said speaking to midday